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Bryan Melao

4×4 · top 1.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MELA02

Bryan Melao has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.68, set at Pays de Bray Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in France. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,371 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.02 in April 2016 to 7.83, a 69% improvement. Bryan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.6% of 83,917 all-time
27.68
signature single · Pays de Bray Open 2023
1,371
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
4×427.6831.12
top 1.6%33 / 1,817
3×37.8310.08
top 2.5%160 / 4,746
5×555.011:03.48
top 3.4%28 / 1,024
2×21.963.32
top 4.5%193 / 3,074
6×61:48.541:51.73
top 6.6%23 / 437
7×73:07.903:13.44
top 12.7%30 / 372
3×3 one-handed19.8026.61
top 20.0%318 / 1,490
Skewb6.6310.70
top 30.7%439 / 1,291
Pyraminx7.7110.18
top 33.8%789 / 2,148
3×3 blindfolded2:29.42—
top 43.0%189 / 434
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:08—
early days — 1 solve85 / 165

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

Open Cube Project 2016: 25.02Chelles Open 2017: 12.43World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 14.87Champagne Open 2017: 12.97Croissy Open 2018: 10.83Champagne Open 2018: 10.14Paris Open 2018: 8.76Chelles Open 2019: 10.43French Championship 2019: 11.43Champagne Open 2019: 10.28Paris Open 2019: 9.91Chelles Open 2020: 10.98Rouen Open 2020: 9.35Montpellier Open 2021: 9.39Gesté Barrière Open 2021: 10.82Hem MariCubik Winter Open 2022: 9.14Paris Open 2022: 9.05Brugge Sunday Open 2022: 10.49Tigery Open 2022: 10.06Sézanne Open 2022: 9.67Angers ESEOpen 2022: 9.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.24Pllouvara Open 2023: 8.96French Championship 2023: 9.00Pays de Bray Open 2023: 9.57Vaudesincourt Farmer Big Cubes 2023: 9.95French Championship 2024: 9.43Carquef'Open 2025: 7.83Longjum'Open 2025: 7.91Nanterre Open 2025: 9.12Stenay Que le Début 2026: 9.73Cernay-lès-Reims Open 2026: 9.34Hayange Open 2026: 9.42French Championship 2026: 8.817.8325.0216 Apr 20164 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.