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Aaron Shukert

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014SHUK03

Aaron Shukert has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Oklahoma Open 2014, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,585th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2014, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.09 in August 2014 to 11.98, a 15% improvement. Aaron has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Oklahoma Open 2014
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.524.50
top 9.1%3,585 / 40,951
3×311.9813.50
top 13.8%7,408 / 59,724
4×451.1759.12
top 26.1%4,026 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed23.5225.70
top 30.2%3,906 / 15,683
5×52:02.622:21.55
top 50.8%4,265 / 9,401
Skewb9.5814.44
top 52.3%9,421 / 18,907

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

US Nationals 2014: 14.09Oklahoma Open 2014: 11.98Lawrence Spring 2015: 12.5611.9814.091 Aug 201428 Mar 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.