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Bryn Gordon

3×3 · top 0.17% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GORD03

Bryn Gordon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.22, set at New Zealand Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in New Zealand. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,755 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.11 in September 2022 to 5.22, a 69% improvement. Bryn has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.17% of 284,439 all-time
5.22
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2025
1,755
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×35.226.87
top 0.17%10 / 2,095
2×21.112.17
top 0.79%39 / 1,615
Pyraminx2.044.04
top 1.2%34 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed12.6514.49
top 3.9%40 / 600
4×434.9741.10
top 6.7%58 / 722
Skewb3.955.45
top 10.6%93 / 666
Clock7.438.96
top 12.7%62 / 303
Megaminx1:05.981:16.65
top 13.3%54 / 283
5×51:17.011:24.04
top 16.8%66 / 355
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves36.33
top 17.4%29 / 111
3×3 blindfolded1:57.91—
top 32.8%43 / 86
Square-124.5034.46
top 38.1%113 / 251
6×62:57.843:02.85
top 40.0%79 / 149
7×75:52.566:00.31
top 65.9%95 / 126

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

Opawa Open 2022: 17.11Lyttelton Spring 2022: 14.00Cashmere Open 2023: 9.80NZ South Island Championship 2023: 8.76Lyttelton Spring 2023: 8.08Lyttelton Summer 2024: 8.29Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 7.80Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024: 7.79Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 7.93Oamaru Open 2024: 6.71Keep Christchurch Quick 2024: 7.13Keep Christchurch Quirky 2024: 7.91Keep Christchurch Complex 2024: 6.86Groundhog Day in Somerfield 2024: 6.97New Zealand Nationals 2024: 7.53Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 7.70Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 7.71NZ South Island Championship 2025: 6.78Hurry Up Halswell 2025: 6.86Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 6.73Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 7.02NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 7.30New Zealand Nationals 2025: 5.22Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 7.02NZ South Island Championship 2026: 5.98Christchurch Autumn 2026: 6.395.2217.1110 Sep 202223 May 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.