People · Australia
Aaron Botlero
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BOTL01
Aaron Botlero has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 327 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.91 in April 2022 to 11.17, a 58% improvement. Aaron has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.32 | top 6.5% | 495 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.62 | top 8.5% | 393 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.17 | 13.65 | top 11.0% | 983 / 11,709 | |
| Square-1 | 15.22 | 21.35 | top 16.9% | 163 / 899 | |
| Clock | 8.58 | 11.39 | top 17.9% | 198 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 6.32 | top 22.5% | 596 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.73 | — | top 51.3% | 1,406 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.04 | 43.19 | top 62.4% | 1,475 / 2,659 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.68 at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jacob Joshi — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.