People · Finland
Aaron Stråhlman
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022STRA11
Aaron Stråhlman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Finnish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Finland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2022, he has put 566 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.63 in March 2023 to 2.40, a 34% improvement. Aaron has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 11.60 | top 4.8% | 67 / 875 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.43 | 5.14 | top 5.2% | 54 / 551 | |
| Clock | 6.07 | 7.39 | top 7.5% | 27 / 194 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.61 | top 8.0% | 105 / 671 | |
| Skewb | 4.16 | 5.84 | top 12.0% | 80 / 405 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.64 | 25.98 | top 25.0% | 102 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 53.16 | 1:23.29 | top 28.5% | 121 / 388 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.43 | 2:41.84 | top 42.3% | 88 / 188 | |
| Square-1 | 44.20 | 56.37 | top 70.2% | 124 / 155 |
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
- 17 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Finnish Championship 2025.
- 17 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025.
- 17 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Autotalo Anime Adventure X 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024.
Competitions
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure X 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Big & Blind & Clock Vantaa 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure III 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Fyris NxNxN 'n Side 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Rare 2023 · 2 Jul 2023
- Tampere 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Autotalo Small Cubes 2023 · 30 Apr 2023
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Level Up Uusimaa 2022 · 25 Nov 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.
- Antto Pitkänen — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.