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Aaron Paine
3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025PAIN01
Aaron Paine has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.62, set at Utah State University Fall 2025, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,621st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.94 in January 2025 to 5.24, a 12% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.62 | 17.12 | top 16.1% | 8,621 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.24 | 6.48 | top 42.3% | 17,005 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.75 | 1:40.71 | top 58.1% | 10,041 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.74 | 13.42 | top 58.6% | 17,196 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:16.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,015 / 15,683 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.62 at Utah State University Fall 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.36 at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Utah Ice Cubing 2025. A 22.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah State University Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tooele Open B 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eames Nay — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.