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Gavin Branch
3×3 · top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025BRAN13
Gavin Branch has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.68, set at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,637th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2025, he has put 128 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.05 in August 2025 to 14.68, a 46% improvement. Gavin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 14.68 | 15.94 | top 23.3% | 12,637 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.54 | 12.46 | top 24.2% | 6,575 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.01 | 6.01 | top 39.4% | 15,823 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.16 | 36.92 | top 47.0% | 6,412 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.68 | 1:30.10 | top 53.1% | 9,022 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 10.25 | 16.01 | top 56.4% | 10,268 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 24.73 | 26.46 | top 76.2% | 6,679 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 3:40.52 | — | top 88.5% | 8,263 / 9,401 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026.
- 11 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026.
- 11 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026.
- 11 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025First competition: Virginia Championship 2025. A 27.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
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.
- Ibrahim Khanani — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rue Clippinger — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.