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Aaron Lu

3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LUAA01

Aaron Lu has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 583rd in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2021, he has put 635 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in January 2021 to 9.57, a 53% improvement. Aaron has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time
9.57
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2026
635
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.5711.40
top 6.3%583 / 11,943
2×22.224.74
top 6.4%488 / 8,727
Megaminx53.1155.80
top 6.6%91 / 1,313
Skewb3.746.37
top 9.2%247 / 3,589
Clock6.918.41
top 10.5%126 / 1,159
Pyraminx4.588.54
top 10.7%495 / 6,109
4×440.3550.00
top 12.6%319 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed20.3724.82
top 21.5%492 / 2,685
5×51:30.461:39.67
top 27.8%387 / 1,412
6×62:58.093:06.97
top 40.2%255 / 667
7×75:10.655:14.25
top 54.1%272 / 540
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves56.33
early days — 3 solves401 / 474

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

Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 20.22Queensland Open 2022: 17.63Brisbane Summer 2023: 13.65Queensland Open 2023: 12.43Australian Nationals 2023: 13.60Brisbane Summer 2024: 13.56Queensland Open 2024: 11.36MarsdeNxN 2024: 12.54Speedy Southport 2024: 9.86Brisbane Summer 2025: 11.89QLD State Championship 2025: 9.83Australian Nationals 2025: 11.11Speedy Southport 2025: 9.80Melbourne Summer 2026: 9.57Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 10.80Queensland Open 2026: 10.509.5720.2216 Jan 202127 Jun 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.

  • Jamie Otsu — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Lucas Otsu — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Kyle Jones — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 19 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.