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Carl Brannen

3×3 · top 61.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013BRAN01

Carl Brannen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.14, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 61.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,372nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2013, he has put 19 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.56 in January 2013 to 29.14, an 18% improvement. Carl has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 61.0% of 284,439 all-time
29.14
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×329.1439.76
top 61.0%36,372 / 59,724
7×78:52.669:06.07
early days — 3 solves3,015 / 3,184
5×54:52.65
early days — 2 solves9,154 / 9,401
2×221.9625.36
top 96.7%39,963 / 40,951

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

Cube Kingdom 2013: 35.56World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 29.1429.1435.5612 Jan 201326 Jul 2013

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 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.14 away.
  • A sub-5:00 7×7 single — 7,196 people have one; it is 3:52.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.