People · United States
Aaron Castaneda
Pyraminx · top 9.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CAST13
Aaron Castaneda has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.27, set at PBs in Palisades Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,335th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2022, he has put 446 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.86 in July 2022 to 10.94, a 50% improvement. Aaron has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 6.46 | top 9.0% | 2,335 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.94 | 14.68 | top 10.3% | 5,572 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.29 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.57 | 10.80 | top 30.3% | 4,985 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.57 | 1:56.75 | top 37.3% | 2,684 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 12.89 | 15.26 | top 39.2% | 3,115 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.56 | 39.32 | top 50.2% | 6,918 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.59 | — | top 52.2% | 8,815 / 19,072 |
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
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.27 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Yopen 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at St. Joseph's Prep 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: New York Championship 2022. A 21.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- David Yoon — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.