People · United States
Aaron Nordyke
Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022NORD03
Aaron Nordyke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Concordia Turning 2022, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,269th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2022, he has put 400 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.06 in September 2022 to 16.95, a 57% improvement. Aaron has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 7.45 | top 4.8% | 1,269 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 4.87 | top 6.7% | 2,653 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.95 | 20.63 | top 30.8% | 16,989 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 12.37 | top 39.0% | 6,703 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.99 | 1:59.55 | top 42.6% | 3,097 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.84 | 1:13.50 | top 43.8% | 7,238 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 18.65 | 21.92 | top 60.7% | 5,119 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.17 | 49.31 | top 61.1% | 8,599 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.94 | — | top 73.9% | 6,560 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:21.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,470 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:42.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,982 / 3,184 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Side Events Spring 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Concordia Turning Spring 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Concordia Turning Fall 2023.
- 22 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.26 at DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Concordia Turning 2022.
Competitions
- UIUC Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- UIUC Side Events Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Concordia Turning Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Peoria Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023 · 22 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Peoria 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
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 Stambaugh — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tommy Stady — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Edward Vakula — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.