People · Australia
Manning Bricknell
Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BRIC02
Manning Bricknell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Geelong Winter 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 160th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.86 in March 2023 to 2.94, a 40% improvement. Manning has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 3.88 | top 3.4% | 160 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 12.54 | top 7.9% | 730 / 11,943 | |
| Clock | 7.98 | 10.92 | top 15.1% | 177 / 1,159 | |
| 4×4 | 44.00 | 47.41 | top 17.1% | 431 / 3,108 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 5.25 | top 29.4% | 2,321 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 8.97 | top 31.4% | 899 / 3,589 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.73 | 1:50.06 | top 33.7% | 468 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.51 | 40.49 | top 58.3% | 1,396 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 2:30.72 | — | top 61.5% | 806 / 1,313 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2023.
- 13 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at Apollo Bay Cubing 2023.
- 13 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Apollo Bay Cubing 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 16.56 at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Putian Ye (叶溥天) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nicholas Penfold — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.