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Soren Brumbach
2×2 · top 7.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022BRUM01
Soren Brumbach has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Cubing in Southern Oregon 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,019th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2022, he has put 134 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.50 in May 2022 to 10.14, a 12% improvement. Soren has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.01 | top 7.5% | 3,019 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.14 | 11.95 | top 7.9% | 4,420 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.00 | 7.36 | top 13.2% | 3,500 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 49.09 | 57.06 | top 23.7% | 3,654 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 20.65 | 27.36 | top 29.4% | 1,937 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.91 | 29.39 | top 39.2% | 5,300 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 9.42 | 12.00 | top 51.4% | 9,345 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 28.98 | 34.54 | top 83.1% | 7,574 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Southern Oregon 2025.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 8 May 2022First competition: Rose City First-Timers B 2022. A 11.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in Southern Oregon 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Ice Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rose City First-Timers B 2022 · 8 May 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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.