People · New Zealand
Freddy Brighton
2×2 · top 6.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021BRIG01
Freddy Brighton has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at New Zealand Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 153rd in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2021, he has put 295 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.85 in June 2021 to 10.43, a 60% improvement. Freddy 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.20 | top 6.9% | 153 / 1,627 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.96 | 7.11 | top 7.5% | 118 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 | 10.43 | 15.36 | top 8.8% | 197 / 2,145 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.28 | 29.84 | top 24.0% | 137 / 607 | |
| Skewb | 5.93 | 9.80 | top 25.3% | 190 / 670 | |
| Square-1 | 20.27 | 29.63 | top 28.6% | 89 / 254 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.11 | 1:42.09 | top 67.4% | 490 / 745 |
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
- 13 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2024.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2023.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.16 at Puzzling Porirua 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.02 at Palmerston North 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2022.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Nimble Napier 2021 · 19 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jack McDougall — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.