People · United States
Aaron Lightfoot
Skewb · top 7.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LIGH01
Aaron Lightfoot has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,180th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.97 in March 2025 to 13.53, a 52% improvement. Aaron has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.48 | 8.01 | top 7.6% | 1,180 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.53 | 16.19 | top 19.3% | 10,376 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.53 | 8.97 | top 32.3% | 9,043 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.70 | 6.37 | top 35.5% | 14,170 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.70 | 1:27.27 | top 44.6% | 7,393 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.09 | 41.39 | top 53.6% | 7,412 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,893 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,200 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,091 / 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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.53 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First competition: Penn Cube Day Spring 2025. A 27.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
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.
- Currin Wilson — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oliver Benson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Greigg — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.