People · United States
Dolores Brownsmith
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024BROW49
Dolores Brownsmith has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts her in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,968th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, she has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in November 2024 to 9.14, a 35% improvement. Dolores has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.14 | 11.60 | top 5.2% | 2,968 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 4.54 | top 7.2% | 2,894 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.43 | 44.89 | top 63.1% | 9,031 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.24 | 19.70 | top 85.8% | 25,696 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,279 / 19,354 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 31 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at RVA Spring 2026.
- 31 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at RVA Spring 2026.
- 2 Nov 2024First competition: Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024. A 14.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
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 her.
- Griffin Kim — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryland Wilson — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Warren Morris — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as she improves.