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Aaron Li

Pyraminx · top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIAA01

Aaron Li has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at Saint John's Showdown 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,803rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 90 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.12 in January 2023 to 13.10, a 35% improvement. Aaron has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.88
signature single · Saint John's Showdown 2024
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.886.88
top 7.1%1,803 / 28,708
2×22.885.17
top 12.9%5,060 / 40,951
3×313.1015.74
top 17.8%9,523 / 59,724

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

Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 20.12Northampton Winter B 2023: 21.14Brookline Favorites 2023: 16.61WPI Winter 2024: 13.10Saint John's Showdown 2024: 13.7113.1021.1422 Jan 202327 Apr 2024

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.

  • Lucas Li — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Zachary Miller — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Huy Thai — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.