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Bryden Rey Mendoza

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018MEND09

Bryden Rey Mendoza has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Las Vegas Spring 2019, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,066th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2018, he has put 127 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in April 2018 to 9.98, a 23% improvement. Bryden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.98
signature single · Las Vegas Spring 2019
127
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9812.73
top 7.4%4,066 / 59,724
4×439.1152.47
top 11.1%1,640 / 19,072
5×51:24.241:30.52
top 22.6%1,750 / 9,401
2×24.467.56
top 32.4%12,886 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed28.1432.36
top 42.3%5,680 / 15,683
Square-132.2846.08
top 53.8%3,547 / 6,743
Skewb12.2417.51
top 67.2%12,566 / 18,907
Megaminx2:54.02
early days — 2 solves5,567 / 7,841

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

Las Vegas Spring 2018: 12.93CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 13.55West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 12.13Las Vegas Spring 2019: 9.98Berkeley Summer 2019: 11.489.9813.557 Apr 201821 Sep 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.