People · Iceland
Erik Yngvi Brannan
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018BRAN07
Erik Yngvi Brannan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Iceland Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Iceland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 533 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.49 in June 2018 to 9.49, a 54% improvement. Erik has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.49 | 11.85 | top 6.1% | 6 / 196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.08 | 19.21 | top 8.3% | 2 / 56 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 3.88 | top 10.1% | 18 / 150 | |
| Skewb | 5.08 | 8.40 | top 18.8% | 14 / 64 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.93 | 10.44 | top 27.3% | 37 / 99 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.93 | 1:02.66 | top 37.5% | 21 / 66 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.25 | 2:09.05 | top 44.9% | 11 / 42 | |
| Square-1 | 30.51 | 41.63 | top 50.3% | 8 / 27 |
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
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Iceland Open 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Iceland Open 2023.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Iceland Open 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019Ten personal bests in one day at Icelandic Nationals 2019.
- 4 Jan 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at Lights of Reykjavik 2019.
- 4 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Lights of Reykjavik 2019.
Competitions
- Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Iceland Open 2025 · 21 Mar 2025
- Íslandsmótið í Töfrateningum 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Icelandic Nationals 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Iceland Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Iceland Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Icelandic Nationals 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- Lights of Reykjavik 2019 · 4 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Icelandic Nationals 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Óskar Pétursson — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 4 times · head to head
- Óðinn Logi Gunnarsson — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Sigurður Guðni Gunnarsson — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.