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Ryland Van Braden

3×3 · top 52.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023BRAD08

Ryland Van Braden has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.05, set at Berkeley Fall 2025, puts him in the top 52.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,853rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.68 in June 2023 to 25.05, an 18% improvement. Ryland has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.7% of 284,439 all-time
25.05
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2025
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.0535.30
top 52.7%30,853 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.6614.24
top 71.1%21,052 / 28,708
4×42:05.11
early days — 2 solves15,761 / 19,072

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 30.68Berkeley Summer 2023: 35.12Berkeley Winter 2025: 27.37Berkeley Fall 2025: 25.0525.0535.1225 Jun 20234 Oct 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.

  • Ryan Jew — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • An Le — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Varun Mohanraj — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.