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Hugo Kinichi Briner
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019BRIN04
Hugo Kinichi Briner has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at Queensland Open 2022, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 526th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2019, he has put 211 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in September 2019 to 9.34, a 52% improvement. Hugo 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.34 | 11.24 | top 5.7% | 526 / 11,943 | |
| Megaminx | 52.32 | 59.05 | top 6.2% | 85 / 1,313 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 5.12 | top 6.3% | 462 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 39.26 | 41.21 | top 11.3% | 297 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.03 | 1:17.90 | top 13.2% | 183 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.99 | 2:19.99 | top 17.0% | 103 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 3:43.96 | 4:42.75 | top 24.8% | 113 / 540 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.70 | 8.93 | top 25.5% | 1,301 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 10.98 | top 28.5% | 800 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 23.02 | 36.93 | top 34.8% | 339 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.54 | 32.22 | top 38.3% | 897 / 2,685 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Brisbane 2026.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Queensland Open 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2022.
- 2 Apr 2022Eight personal bests in one day at Brisbane Autumn 2022.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.54 at Northside Cube Days 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Northside Cube Days 2020.
Competitions
- Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Days 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Gold Coast Spring 2019 · 21 Sep 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.
- Ming Dao Ting — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Laura Ting — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Nicholas Paul — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,829 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.