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Chris Brotzman

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013BROT01

Chris Brotzman has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Northwest Championships 2017, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,157th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since September 2013, he has put 1,279 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 16.78 in September 2013 to 9.33, a 44% improvement. Chris has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.33
signature single · Northwest Championships 2017
1,279
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 standingUnited States
3×39.3312.30
top 5.7%3,157 / 59,724
4×438.7144.59
top 10.6%1,565 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed16.6620.54
top 11.8%1,533 / 15,683
Megaminx1:04.041:16.31
top 12.1%822 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.67
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
2×22.834.76
top 12.3%4,846 / 40,951
5×51:18.481:24.36
top 17.9%1,377 / 9,401
Pyraminx5.958.29
top 19.6%5,234 / 28,708
7×73:43.773:59.33
top 24.8%700 / 3,184
6×62:39.962:51.42
top 30.7%1,081 / 4,196
Skewb7.3610.89
top 36.4%6,207 / 18,907
Square-124.4430.56
top 37.9%2,461 / 6,743
Clock19.8122.72
top 64.1%5,455 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded9:22.22—
early days — 1 solve2,052 / 2,092

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

Mid-Columbia Cubing Competition 2013: 16.78Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 15.77Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 13.68Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 12.60Keep Portland Weird 2015: 12.76Puget Sound Open 2015: 12.29PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 12.82Oregon State Alpha 2016: 12.18PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 10.35Puget Sound Spring 2016: 12.22Rose City 2016: 10.24Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 12.36US Nationals 2016: 11.77Oregon 2016: 12.30PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 11.78Eugene 2016: 11.35Keep Portland Weird 2017: 13.00Atomic Fools 2017: 11.73Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 11.13Rose City 2017: 11.94Cubing with the Duck 2017: 12.95Northwest Championships 2017: 9.33PDX Cubing for Causes 2018: 12.93Eugene Spring 2018: 13.16Rose City 2018: 14.52CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 12.04Hillsboro Open 2018: 11.89Atomic Cubing Fall 2018: 12.39PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 12.66Rose City 2019: 11.55Lincoln City 2019: 11.46PDX Cubing for Causes 2020: 12.05Rose City 2022: 13.21Hillsboro Winter 2025: 11.91Rose City OR 2026: 12.579.3316.7821 Sep 20131 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.