People · United States
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.76 | 6.29 | top 0.077% | 50 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.32 | 2.04 | top 0.24% | 77 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.24 | 14.71 | top 0.25% | 39 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 23.10 | 29.64 | top 0.34% | 63 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.16 | 1.51 | top 0.92% | 390 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 1.84 | 3.68 | top 0.99% | 151 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 52.88 | 57.61 | top 2.6% | 207 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 2:51.84 | 2:55.81 | top 8.4% | 230 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 1:55.35 | 2:00.75 | top 9.3% | 326 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 59.74 | 1:08.55 | top 9.9% | 681 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 446 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 14.74 | 20.96 | top 46.9% | 3,794 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 38.06 | 48.74 | top 62.9% | 4,149 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:44.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,340 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2017.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 29 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 31 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
Competitions
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Gem City Side Events 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Cuyahoga Cubing 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaker Spring 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wildcat Holiday 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Rocky Top 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Glass City Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- Howland High Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017
- Shaker Spring 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bluegrass Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dayton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
- Shaker Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Dayton Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
- Shaker Heights 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Lexington Fall 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Dayton 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2015 · 12 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Fall 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
- Mishawaka Fall 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 8 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hillsdale Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- New Albany 2013 · 15 Jun 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Dayton Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Indiana 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- New Albany 2012 · 2 Jun 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Ohio Fall 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Dayton Open 2010 · 6 Nov 2010
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 309 rounds, finished ahead 271 times
- Andy Denney — met in 307 rounds, finished ahead 232 times
- Lucas Etter — met in 303 rounds, finished ahead 111 times · head to head
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.