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Aaron Abramowitz

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009ABRA01

Aaron Abramowitz has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Shaker Fall 2017, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,023rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since November 2009, he has put 898 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.18 in November 2009 to 8.42, a 77% improvement. Aaron has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.42
signature single · Shaker Fall 2017
898
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.429.59
top 3.6%2,023 / 59,724
4×440.3648.22
top 12.5%1,845 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.479.72
top 16.2%4,309 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed18.5023.53
top 16.4%2,126 / 15,683
5×51:21.581:34.05
top 20.3%1,592 / 9,401
2×23.864.89
top 24.7%9,681 / 40,951
6×63:08.553:22.23
top 44.9%1,659 / 4,196
7×76:27.57—
early days — 2 solves2,289 / 3,184
Clock56.85—
early days — 2 solves8,822 / 8,927
Megaminx6:56.30—
early days — 1 solve7,832 / 7,841

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

Thankscubing Day 2009: 37.18DeVry University Open 2010: 28.06United States National Championships 2011: 18.21Dayton Fall 2011: 15.40Ohio Fall 2011: 14.78Hillsdale Winter 2012: 12.97New Albany 2012: 12.68Battle of Appalachia 2012: 11.47River Hill Winter 2013: 12.94Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013: 13.11New Albany 2013: 11.56World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.06Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 11.87New Albany Open 2014: 11.36US Nationals 2014: 11.43Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 9.68Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 11.04Queen City 2016: 9.92Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 10.84Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 10.57Dayton Spring 2016: 9.87Oregon 2016: 8.81Puget Sound Fall 2016: 9.23PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 8.87Puget Sound Winter 2017: 9.44Shaker Fall 2017: 8.42SBU Spring 2019: 9.69North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 10.80CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.33Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 10.18NYU Spring 2026: 9.078.4237.1821 Nov 20095 Apr 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.