People · United States
Grant Bruns
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019BRUN06
Grant Bruns has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Bowling Green Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,704th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2019, he has put 397 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.04 in July 2019 to 8.07, a 43% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.07 | 9.50 | top 2.9% | 1,704 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.26 | 5.60 | top 4.5% | 1,208 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 9.19 | 14.47 | top 4.7% | 359 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.05 | top 5.0% | 2,032 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 6.68 | top 10.5% | 1,640 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.23 | 1:13.17 | top 12.8% | 891 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.20 | 19.39 | top 13.2% | 1,719 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 40.87 | 43.09 | top 13.2% | 1,989 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.83 | 1:34.20 | top 24.9% | 1,960 / 9,537 | |
| 7×7 | 3:54.94 | 4:22.25 | early days — 3 solves | 818 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.40 | 3:38.71 | early days — 3 solves | 1,307 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:34.01 | — | top 44.6% | 969 / 2,128 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 22:11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 418 / 740 |
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 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Winter 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Flag City Summer 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Imagination Station A 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Imagination Station A 2023.
- 18 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Imagination Station 2020.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station A 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Washtenaw Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Swoop in Silence Oxford 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Imagination Station 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Indiana 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.