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Aaron Pang
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023PANG05
Aaron Pang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Dublin California Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,578th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2023, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.45 in March 2023 to 9.59, a 38% 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 | 9.59 | 10.86 | top 6.4% | 3,578 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 6.18 | top 25.7% | 10,222 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 11.10 | 19.44 | top 61.4% | 11,484 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 3:04.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,082 / 8,026 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Dublin California Open 2025.
- 30 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Berkeley Spring 2023. A 16.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ethan Mendelson — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Trevor Mendelson — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Micah Yeo — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.