People · United States
Carson Brown
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013BROW03
Carson Brown has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 970th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2013, he has put 360 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.52 in August 2013 to 8.50, a 75% improvement. Carson has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.07 | top 2.5% | 970 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.39 | 6.04 | top 2.5% | 369 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.50 | top 3.7% | 2,111 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 5.88 | top 4.7% | 1,221 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 6.49 | 7.53 | top 9.1% | 708 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 46.47 | 54.07 | top 20.1% | 3,055 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.89 | 1:33.77 | top 23.0% | 1,585 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.59 | 30.37 | top 27.6% | 3,568 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.65 | 2:12.02 | top 50.2% | 4,210 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 31.07 | 41.62 | top 51.3% | 3,361 / 6,743 |
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
- 11 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Bluegrass Fall 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Bluegrass Fall 2022.
- 7 Dec 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2019.
- 1 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.42 at Wildcat Spring 2019.
- 1 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Wildcat Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Flex in Lex 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- No Shoes Kentucky 2019 · 27 Dec 2019
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Wildcat Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Dayton 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2013 · 24 Aug 2013
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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Jake M. Hanson — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Tate Sullivan — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.