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Samuel Brand
3×3 · top 23.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025BRAN08
Samuel Brand has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.61, set at Grand Forks 2025, puts him in the top 23.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,512th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 103 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in May 2025 to 14.61, an 18% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 14.61 | 17.49 | top 23.1% | 12,512 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.29 | 6.36 | top 30.2% | 12,017 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 9.41 | 12.66 | top 51.2% | 9,180 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.08 | 57.76 | top 59.2% | 8,291 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 19.08 | 23.30 | top 62.0% | 5,231 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.24 | 3:01.75 | top 66.5% | 5,102 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.31 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13,298 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 6:29.81 | — | top 93.4% | 3,889 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 1:53.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,660 / 6,743 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Grand Forks 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Moorhead Madness 2025. A 21.07 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.81 at Moorhead Madness 2025.
Competitions
- Fast in Fargo 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Forks 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Moorhead Madness 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 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.
- Eli Sanderson — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zach Hoffart — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luke Otto — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.