People · United States
Aaron Tam
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021TAMA02
Aaron Tam has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Circle City Summer 2022, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,217th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2021, he has put 299 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.19 in December 2021 to 9.38, a 38% improvement. Aaron has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.38 | 12.24 | top 5.8% | 3,217 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 4.52 | top 14.5% | 5,677 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.91 | 35.02 | top 25.8% | 3,325 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.91 | 10.29 | top 35.4% | 10,017 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 12.77 | 17.26 | top 38.6% | 3,064 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.11 | 1:21.95 | top 47.0% | 7,820 / 19,072 |
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.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Circle City Summer 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First competition: Westview Winter A 2021. A 15.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- Beckman Gets Big 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
- Circle City Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Morrison — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.