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Aaron Joel Perera

2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019PERE02

Aaron Joel Perera has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Adelaide Summer 2022, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2019, he has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.51 in January 2019 to 11.41, a 35% improvement. Aaron has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.12
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2022
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.124.62
top 5.6%406 / 8,567
3×311.4112.48
top 11.8%1,045 / 11,709
4×41:14.371:20.67
top 51.0%1,396 / 3,051

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

Adelaide Summer 2019: 17.51Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021: 13.82Adelaide Summer 2022: 13.01Adelaide Autumn 2022: 11.4111.4117.5119 Jan 201922 May 2022

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.