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Aaron Cohen

2×2 · top 20.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012COHE01

Aaron Cohen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.53, set at Lexington Fall 2013, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,067th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since September 2012, he has put 174 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.83 in September 2012 to 13.94, a 64% improvement. Aaron has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.53
signature single · Lexington Fall 2013
174
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.535.26
top 20.6%8,067 / 40,951
3×313.9419.13
top 20.7%11,183 / 59,724
Skewb7.3210.79
top 36.1%6,149 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded2:46.96
top 48.6%1,043 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed34.0037.42
top 55.4%7,679 / 15,683
4×42:04.05
top 83.4%15,637 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves80 moves80.00
early days — 3 solves2,047 / 2,040

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

Princeton Fall 2012: 38.83Levittown Open 2012: 30.15Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 28.80MIT Spring 2013: 21.88World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 22.39CCFC Fall 2013: 17.18Harvard Fall 2013: 21.94Yale Fall 2013: 17.39Lexington Fall 2013: 20.71CCFC Winter 2014: 13.94CCFC BLD Day 2014: 17.92US Nationals 2014: 18.80Lexington Fall 2014: 18.0813.9438.8322 Sep 20128 Nov 2014

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.

  • Noa Arthurs — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Dan Selzer — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.