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Aaron Zhu

2×2 · top 25.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015ZHUA05

Aaron Zhu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.90, set at Big Apple Spring 2016, puts him in the top 25.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,893rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2015, he has put 41 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.49 in December 2015 to 19.02, a 41% improvement. Aaron has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.90
signature single · Big Apple Spring 2016
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.906.37
top 25.2%9,893 / 40,951
Skewb6.9919.59
top 33.6%5,635 / 18,907
3×319.0219.95
top 37.1%20,925 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed39.26
early days — 2 solves9,103 / 15,683
4×41:58.01
early days — 2 solves14,997 / 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

Liberty Science 2015: 32.49Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 21.44Big Apple Spring 2016: 19.0219.0232.4919 Dec 201521 May 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.