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Aaron Paskow
Pyraminx · top 0.57% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PASK01
Aaron Paskow has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at SacCubing XVIII 2024, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 69 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,192 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.76 in October 2016 to 7.16, a 77% improvement. Aaron has entered 69 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 1.62 | 2.58 | top 0.57% | 177 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.04 | 2.50 | top 0.64% | 266 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 8.72 | top 1.5% | 914 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 2.43 | 4.68 | top 2.6% | 394 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.96 | 1:19.69 | top 10.9% | 847 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.34 | 20.49 | top 11.0% | 1,444 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 34.33 | top 14.8% | 327 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 43.05 | 50.94 | top 15.8% | 2,396 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.36 | 1:23.83 | top 18.9% | 1,284 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 10.09 | 11.62 | top 25.5% | 1,958 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.62 | 3:16.07 | top 40.9% | 1,497 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:44.46 | 5:10.33 | top 46.0% | 1,337 / 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
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022.
- 20 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at CalPoly SLO Fall 2021.
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing IX 2020.
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Utah Spring Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Folsom Winter 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Winter WestSide Events 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SacQuiet 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 30 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
- CalPoly SLO Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing X 2021 · 13 Nov 2021
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing VIII 2019 · 8 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Spring Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019 · 10 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- PBQ Berkeley Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019
- SacCubing VI 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing V 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing IV 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Reno Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Skillcon 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- San Francisco Bay Open 2017 · 8 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing II 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing I 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016 · 22 Oct 2016
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 328 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 300 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 259 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.