People · Canada
Aaron Zhao
2×2 · top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ZHAO06
Aaron Zhao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at Greater Toronto 2024, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 901st in Canada. Across 8 competitions since February 2024, he has put 126 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.23 in February 2024 to 12.37, a 28% improvement. Aaron has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.28 | top 13.4% | 901 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.37 | 17.41 | top 15.2% | 1,435 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 53.00 | 1:01.94 | top 28.3% | 731 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.49 | 12.51 | top 31.9% | 1,419 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 822 / 1,499 |
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
- 28 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First competition: Greater Toronto 2024. A 17.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Morgan Yeh — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Lee — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.