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Aaron Farago

3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019FARA05

Aaron Farago has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.00, set at Maine Fall 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,649th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since June 2019, he has put 372 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.60 in June 2019 to 8.00, a 73% improvement. Aaron has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time
8.00
signature single · Maine Fall 2026
372
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.0010.17
top 2.8%1,649 / 60,666
2×21.904.10
top 4.2%1,659 / 41,674
4×444.1954.75
top 17.4%2,668 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed22.2935.20
top 26.9%3,510 / 15,900
5×51:47.502:13.87
top 40.9%3,357 / 9,537
Megaminx2:01.532:37.14
top 46.7%3,518 / 8,026
Pyraminx14.0616.77
top 78.1%23,489 / 29,168
Skewb15.4918.17
top 79.9%15,487 / 19,164
6×65:42.37—
early days — 2 solves3,710 / 4,262

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

Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 29.60Quabbin Summer 2019: 23.05BA Four 2019: 23.52MIT Winter 2020: 15.82Elm City Kubikon 2023: 12.33Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025: 11.30Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025: 13.23The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 12.77WPI Spring 2025: 12.59Salem Cubikon 2025: 10.86Lexington Weeknights I 2025: 10.92CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 9.68Brookline Favorites III 2025: 9.53Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025: 10.91Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 9.94Ipswich Fall 2025: 8.95Fitchburg Spring 2026: 9.99Wells Dual 2026: 9.97Hampton Beach Summer 2026: 9.21Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 9.34Seabrook Open 2026: 9.88Maine Fall 2026: 8.008.0029.601 Jun 201910 Oct 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 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.