People · Ireland
Virgil Lizheng Bracken
3×3 · top 49.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023BRAC10
Virgil Lizheng Bracken has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.73, set at Rebel County Colours 2025, puts him in the top 49.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 702nd in Ireland. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.76 in December 2023 to 23.73, a 35% improvement. Virgil has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.73 | 27.43 | top 49.7% | 702 / 1,427 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.01 | 17.84 | top 60.6% | 601 / 911 | |
| 2×2 | 8.52 | 11.66 | top 70.9% | 835 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 435 / 579 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.73 at Rebel County Colours 2025.
- 2 Dec 2023First competition: Don't Fail Kinsale 2023. A 36.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
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.
- Róisín Brennan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Diarmuid O'Donovan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mary Hennessy — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.73 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.