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Linus Brewer
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024BREW05
Linus Brewer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at NYU Spring 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,743rd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2024, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.03 in October 2024 to 10.39, a 35% improvement. Linus 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 12.98 | top 8.6% | 4,743 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 3.91 | top 15.4% | 6,032 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.49 | 8.93 | top 23.7% | 6,448 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.56 | 1:40.94 | top 42.4% | 6,963 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.60 | 35.18 | top 52.5% | 7,249 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:51.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,460 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 13.22 | 20.06 | top 71.6% | 13,504 / 18,907 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Connecticut Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 26 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.98 at Hudson Valley Winter 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: M Moves in Middlebury 2024. A 16.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Championship 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Dietzel — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Curtis Chai — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.