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Aaron Ariff

Square-1 · top 2.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ARIF05

Aaron Ariff has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at XMUM Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Malaysia. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,243 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.46 in October 2016 to 8.25, a 65% improvement. Aaron has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 2.6% of 25,272 all-time
7.68
signature single · XMUM Cube Open 2025
1,243
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
Square-17.689.69
top 2.6%9 / 364
7×72:22.352:34.23
top 2.6%13 / 188
3×38.2510.68
top 3.2%161 / 3,773
6×61:39.341:45.51
top 3.9%16 / 232
4×433.2237.17
top 5.1%82 / 1,219
5×559.261:05.35
top 5.1%42 / 617
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.33
top 8.0%10 / 112
2×22.514.01
top 9.0%227 / 2,541
Skewb4.177.29
top 12.1%129 / 1,053
3×3 one-handed16.8820.93
top 12.3%175 / 1,327
Pyraminx5.497.20
top 16.4%317 / 1,723
Megaminx1:13.741:26.61
top 17.9%134 / 518
Clock11.0816.32
top 30.5%137 / 406
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 19:20—
early days — 1 solve32 / 48
3×3 blindfolded9:41.46—
early days — 1 solve167 / 169

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

INTI IU Open 2016: 23.46Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 16.39Forest City Open 2017: 15.10Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 12.98Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 15.27Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 11.19Unikl MFI Open 2018: 10.05Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 9.16Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 10.23Selangor Cube Open 2019: 11.56YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 10.36Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 10.27Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 10.44UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 10.83Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 10.94Penang Cube Masters 2023: 8.81Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 8.72Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 10.33gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 11.18Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 10.93Penang Cube Masters 2025: 10.21XMUM Cube Open 2026: 9.72Selangor Cube Open 2026: 8.258.2523.461 Oct 201625 Jul 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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 22.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.