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Glyn Brown

3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BROW47

Glyn Brown has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Bristol Summer 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 705th in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2023, he has put 753 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.60 in November 2023 to 10.78, a 35% improvement. Glyn has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.78
signature single · Bristol Summer 2024
753
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.7815.80
top 9.8%705 / 6,689
5×51:14.401:29.15
top 14.8%196 / 1,151
2×23.115.93
top 15.5%916 / 4,895
6×62:24.372:39.52
top 22.8%134 / 548
4×449.9754.54
top 24.7%541 / 2,071
7×73:45.523:54.84
top 25.5%122 / 459
Pyraminx6.7512.01
top 25.8%1,018 / 3,656
Clock13.3814.84
top 41.2%554 / 1,232
3×3 blindfolded3:08.65—
early days — 3 solves209 / 311
Megaminx2:22.002:44.95
top 57.4%660 / 966
Square-135.7647.59
top 59.6%500 / 778
3×3 one-handed48.8253.78
top 75.7%1,371 / 1,851
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 52:35—
early days — 2 solves113 / 126
Skewb15.7227.83
top 80.5%1,961 / 2,421

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

Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 16.60Bristol Winter 2024: 15.02Wiltshire February 2024: 18.26Hampshire Winter 2024: 13.76Wiltshire March 2024: 13.84Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 13.88Bristol Summer 2024: 10.78Chichester Summer 2024: 14.60Wiltshire September 2024: 13.64Hampshire Autumn 2024: 14.89Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 15.57Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 16.00Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 13.50Hampshire Winter 2025: 13.48Wiltshire Spring 2025: 15.02Chichester April 2025: 15.90Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 14.08Bristol August 2025: 13.52Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 16.10Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 13.48Bristol June 2026: 13.62Hampshire Summer 2026: 14.04Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 13.7010.7818.2618 Nov 202328 Aug 2026

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.

  • Dorian Chan — met in 170 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • AJ Nicholls — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
  • Kai Vermeulen — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 23 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 14.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.