People · United States
Aaron Lester
2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009LEST01
Aaron Lester has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Berkeley Winter 2011, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,333rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2009, he has put 417 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.84 in January 2009 to 10.88, an 81% improvement. Aaron has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.54 | top 5.8% | 2,333 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.88 | 13.82 | top 10.1% | 5,473 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 7.36 | top 16.2% | 4,280 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.13 | 33.23 | top 31.8% | 4,140 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.69 | 1:18.85 | top 52.2% | 8,831 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.43 | 2:53.08 | top 64.3% | 4,898 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 4:51.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,148 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:45.18 | 2:16.16 | top 97.4% | 6,623 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 Aug 2012Four personal bests in one day at United States National Championships 2012.
- 12 Feb 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Berkeley Winter 2011.
- 12 Feb 2011Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2011.
- 21 Nov 2009First sub-20 3×3: 17.18 at Stanford Fall competition 2009.
- 21 Nov 2009Four personal bests in one day at Stanford Fall competition 2009.
- 14 Aug 2009First sub-30 3×3: 27.90 at US Nationals 2009.
Competitions
- Berkeley Spring 2013 · 27 Apr 2013
- Berkeley Autumn 2012 · 17 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Stanford Spring 2012 · 6 May 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2012 · 17 Mar 2012 — 1 personal best set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2012 · 26 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2012 · 28 Jan 2012
- Berkeley Fall 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Stanford Fall 2011 · 13 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2011 · 7 Aug 2011
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2011 · 27 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Stanford Spring 2010 · 23 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Stanford Fall competition 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2009 · 25 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009
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.
- Edward Lin — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Jew — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Vincent Sheu — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.