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John Brechon

2×2 · top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010BREC01

John Brechon has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.06, set at Cubetcha 2013, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 285th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 79 competitions since February 2010, he has put 4,685 official solves on the record across 17 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 21.75 in February 2010 to 6.49, a 70% improvement. John has entered 79 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time
1.06
signature single · Cubetcha 2013
4,685
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 States
2×21.062.54
top 0.68%285 / 40,951
3×36.498.92
top 0.84%537 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed10.8316.80
top 1.7%274 / 15,683
5×551.1857.17
top 2.1%168 / 9,401
4×429.2331.64
top 2.4%389 / 19,072
Megaminx43.9546.72
top 2.8%197 / 7,841
6×61:36.191:40.74
top 3.2%113 / 4,196
7×72:26.742:38.53
top 3.2%87 / 3,184
Pyraminx3.174.24
top 4.2%1,119 / 28,708
Square-110.3315.09
top 6.7%491 / 6,743
Skewb3.416.23
top 7.2%1,117 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.00
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:07.051:57.42
top 15.3%293 / 2,092
Clock8.7810.23
top 18.8%1,435 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 36:57—
top 36.9%277 / 731
4×4 blindfolded7:25.36—
top 39.8%167 / 440
5×5 blindfolded26:15.00—
early days — 3 solves175 / 218

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

Chicago Open 2010: 21.75Indiana Winter 2010: 19.27Iowa Open 2010: 15.47Minnesota Open 2010: 16.75Cat and Mouse 2010: 14.78Nebraska Open 2010: 13.11Cubetcha 2010: 13.63UIUC Spring 2011: 11.86Mall of America 2011: 12.63Dayton Blind 2011: 9.50UIndy Open 2011: 11.94Iowa Open 2011: 10.81Dixon Open 2011: 11.94Ohio Open 2011: 11.77Minnesota Open 2011: 11.69United States National Championships 2011: 10.63Indiana 2011: 11.44Ohio Fall 2011: 11.46Hillsdale Winter 2012: 9.27Kansas Cube Off 2012: 10.06New Albany 2012: 10.28Dixon Open 2012: 10.50Minnesota Open 2012: 9.47United States National Championships 2012: 9.86UIUC Fall 2012: 10.16Dayton Fall 2012: 9.27Indiana 2012: 8.63Dixon Winter 2013: 8.83UIUC Spring 2013: 9.46Dayton Open 2013: 9.33Winona Open 2013: 8.94New Albany 2013: 8.05Dixon Summer 2013: 9.58Tree Town 2013: 9.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.47Indiana 2013: 10.86Cubetcha 2013: 9.91Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013: 8.78UIUC Fall 2013: 9.00Blizzard Town 2014: 9.23Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 8.28Dixon Spring 2014: 9.21Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 9.44Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 9.15Michigan 2014: 9.58Dixon Summer 2014: 8.83US Nationals 2014: 8.62Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 9.13Clock N' Stuff 2015: 9.29Dixon Summer 2015: 9.27Dixon Winter 2016: 9.11Indiana 2016: 9.09US Nationals 2016: 6.49Michigan 2016: 8.14Wiscube 2016: 8.40Dixon Fall 2016: 7.16Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 8.29Dixon Spring 2017: 8.12Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 7.86Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 8.83Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 7.84CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.28Heartland Championships 2017: 8.91Bulldog Cubing 2017: 8.98Wiscube 2017: 7.85Florida Feast 2017: 8.61Dixon Winter 2017: 9.34Dixon Spring 2018: 8.62Wiscube 2018: 9.98Albany Winter 2019: 7.10CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 8.50CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 7.91Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 8.06CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.78Indiana 2019: 8.75Concordia Turning 2022: 8.58CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 7.836.4921.756 Feb 201022 Aug 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.