People · Canada
Grant Belanger
2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BELA06
Grant Belanger has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 335 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.85 in December 2018 to 9.60, a 63% improvement. Grant has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.30 | top 5.3% | 328 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 10.15 | top 6.4% | 606 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 41.89 | 45.34 | top 14.4% | 360 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.18 | 23.31 | top 15.5% | 328 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 8.19 | 8.84 | top 16.1% | 126 / 1,029 | |
| Square-1 | 16.38 | 24.11 | top 19.5% | 164 / 952 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.84 | 10.22 | top 26.5% | 1,134 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 8.41 | 11.63 | top 44.3% | 1,163 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.27 | — | top 50.2% | 572 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 2:23.01 | — | top 62.5% | 827 / 1,499 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Washtenaw Winter 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Winter 2025.
- 28 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Hamilton Side Events 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020Eight personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020.
- 16 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019.
- 9 Aug 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Michigan 2019.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Blue Water Bridge Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2019 · 9 Aug 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Blue Water Winter 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
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.
- Andrew Shattuck — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Stanley Chapel — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Timothy Townley — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.