People · United States
Aaron Zheng
2×2 · top 4.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ZHEN04
Aaron Zheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,860th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 217 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.57 in May 2022 to 9.72, a 16% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 4.26 | top 4.6% | 1,860 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 11.95 | top 6.7% | 3,734 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.75 | 8.38 | top 11.7% | 3,088 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 47.54 | 1:06.18 | top 21.6% | 3,322 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.52 | 28.28 | top 24.7% | 3,224 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.70 | 2:08.76 | top 48.0% | 4,058 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 31.16 | 38.19 | top 51.5% | 3,421 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.68 | 2:36.67 | top 62.6% | 4,854 / 8,026 |
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
- 13 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Connecticut Spring 2023.
- 20 May 2022First competition: Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022. A 11.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Catskills Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Widjaja — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyle Meade — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.