People · United States
Brooks David Anderson
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023ANDE27
Brooks David Anderson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,749th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2023, he has put 223 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in June 2023 to 8.98, a 48% improvement. Brooks has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 10.91 | top 4.8% | 2,749 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.62 | 6.74 | top 6.0% | 1,555 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.81 | top 8.3% | 3,304 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.47 | 21.18 | top 11.4% | 1,510 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 48.16 | 51.78 | top 22.4% | 3,440 / 19,354 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.01 | 2:44.81 | early days — 3 solves | 1,016 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 10.86 | 13.28 | top 29.3% | 2,335 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 8.13 | 10.31 | top 42.4% | 7,498 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.22 | 2:14.05 | top 44.9% | 3,362 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 5:16.77 | 5:19.13 | early days — 3 solves | 1,682 / 3,236 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,139 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 1:27.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,514 / 6,846 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at South Dakota Playhouse 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Seven personal bests in one day at South Dakota Playhouse 2025.
- 7 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.89 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024.
- 7 Jun 2024Ten personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024.
- 24 Jun 2023First competition: Sioux Falls Summer 2023. A 17.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- South Dakota Playhouse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 10 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Saturday 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Falls Summer 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- John Wheeler — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.