People · Canada
Ross Broughton
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BROU04
Ross Broughton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.56, set at Open de Gatineau 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 152nd in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2023, he has put 160 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Ross 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 4.75 | top 2.4% | 152 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 17.11 | top 18.9% | 1,780 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 13.87 | top 25.4% | 1,088 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 8.36 | 13.19 | top 44.0% | 1,145 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.29 | 1:21.27 | top 50.0% | 1,366 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.80 | 3:16.51 | top 72.1% | 980 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.32 | 1:00.98 | top 76.1% | 1,852 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 33.94 | 38.14 | top 88.8% | 898 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 6:54.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 609 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 10:52.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 490 / 503 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Gouverneur Summer 2025.
- 7 May 2023First competition: National Capital Region B 2023. A 20.89 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.01 at National Capital Region B 2023.
- 7 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at National Capital Region B 2023.
Competitions
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter A 2026 · 9 Jan 2026
- Ottawa Side Events B 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Gouverneur Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Skye Mcfadzen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Eris McElroy — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.