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Drew Brads

3×3 · top 0.077% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010BRAD01

Drew Brads has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.76, set at Bluegrass Spring 2017, puts him in the top 0.077% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since November 2010, he has put 2,995 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.93 in November 2010 to 4.76, an 84% improvement. Drew has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.077% of 284,439 all-time
4.76
signature single · Bluegrass Spring 2017
2,995
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.766.29
top 0.077%50 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.322.04
top 0.24%77 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed8.2414.71
top 0.25%39 / 15,683
4×423.1029.64
top 0.34%63 / 19,072
2×21.161.51
top 0.92%390 / 40,951
Skewb1.843.68
top 0.99%151 / 18,907
5×552.8857.61
top 2.6%207 / 9,401
7×72:51.842:55.81
top 8.4%230 / 3,184
6×61:55.352:00.75
top 9.3%326 / 4,196
Megaminx59.741:08.55
top 9.9%681 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves
early days — 2 solves446 / 2,040
Clock14.7420.96
top 46.9%3,794 / 8,927
Square-138.0648.74
top 62.9%4,149 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded3:44.22
early days — 2 solves1,340 / 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

Dayton Open 2010: 28.93United States National Championships 2011: 13.65Ohio Fall 2011: 11.88New Albany 2012: 10.59Indiana 2012: 9.47Dayton Open 2013: 9.25New Albany 2013: 8.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.43Hillsdale Fall 2013: 9.07Virginia Open Spring 2014: 9.42US Nationals 2014: 5.97Indiana 2014: 7.66Mishawaka Fall 2014: 7.66Virginia Open Fall 2014: 7.14Indiana 2015: 6.94Dayton 2015: 7.35US Nationals 2015: 6.80Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 6.04Lexington Fall 2015: 6.99Shaker Heights 2016: 6.43Dayton Spring 2016: 6.36Indiana 2016: 7.52US Nationals 2016: 6.08Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 6.85Princeton Fall 2016: 5.50Shaker Fall 2016: 6.14Dayton Winter 2017: 6.61Bluegrass Spring 2017: 4.76Shaker Spring 2017: 5.45Queen City 2017: 6.54CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 6.60World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 6.04Michigan 2017: 6.44Howland High Fall 2017: 5.42Glass City Open 2017: 6.66Rocky Top 2017: 6.34Wildcat Holiday 2017: 5.82Bekubes Open 2018: 6.64Shaker Spring 2018: 6.45CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.22Michigan 2018: 5.83Nacionales El Salvador 2018: 5.67Bekubes Gold 2019: 6.76Battle for Toledo 2019: 7.40CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 6.52Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 6.17Flag City Fall 2019: 5.96Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 5.46Ohio Championship 2025: 6.054.7628.936 Nov 201020 Dec 2025

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.