People · Canada
Ross Broughton
2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BROU04
Ross Broughton has been competing for 4 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 189,179 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 12 competitions since May 2023, he has put 185 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Ross has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 17.11 | top 18.9% | 1,809 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 13.87 | top 25.4% | 1,103 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 8.36 | 13.19 | top 44.1% | 1,152 / 2,928 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.29 | 1:21.27 | top 50.1% | 1,386 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.26 | 2:42.42 | top 67.9% | 940 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.32 | 1:00.98 | top 76.2% | 1,862 / 2,632 | |
| Clock | 33.94 | 38.14 | top 88.8% | 922 / 1,057 | |
| 6×6 | 5:57.93 | 6:29.09 | top 90.4% | 571 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 9:36.19 | — | early days — 3 solves | 497 / 519 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Big Cubes 2026.
- 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 Side Events B 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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.
- Skye Mcfadzen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eris McElroy — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.