People · Australia
Aaron Rule
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022RULE01
Aaron Rule has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.47, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 349th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2022, he has put 485 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.99 in January 2022 to 8.47, a 29% improvement. Aaron has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.47 | 9.98 | top 3.7% | 349 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 38.15 | 44.19 | top 9.9% | 260 / 3,051 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 3.91 | top 16.0% | 1,222 / 8,567 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.59 | 1:25.08 | top 18.0% | 245 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 8.81 | top 18.8% | 491 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 9.54 | top 21.3% | 1,065 / 5,993 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.37 | 2:34.78 | top 23.3% | 140 / 641 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.05 | 28.26 | top 23.4% | 528 / 2,659 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.11 | 4:02.91 | top 25.7% | 116 / 523 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.21 | 1:33.56 | top 26.3% | 330 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 14.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 472 / 1,095 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 24 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.