People · United States
Aaron Challis
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CHAL02
Aaron Challis has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.42, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,121st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, he has put 261 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in March 2023 to 7.42, a 46% improvement. Aaron has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.42 | 9.88 | top 1.9% | 1,121 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.48 | top 9.3% | 3,669 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 10.12 | top 23.4% | 6,345 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.65 | 24.42 | top 25.0% | 3,227 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 19.21 | 25.82 | top 26.1% | 1,707 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.23 | 1:32.61 | top 28.3% | 2,222 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 54.45 | 1:02.14 | top 30.1% | 4,719 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.15 | 15.09 | top 42.4% | 7,412 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.53 | 3:44.83 | top 47.5% | 1,776 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.61 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,401 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 28.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,328 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 7:33.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,701 / 3,184 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Utah Cubing with Culture 2024.
- 20 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Southern Utah Summer 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.15 at Utah Ice Cubing 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Summer 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cade Beck — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.