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Aayaan Patel

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PATE32

Aayaan Patel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at UK Championship 2019, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 659th in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2017, he has put 262 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.87 in October 2017 to 10.56, a 37% improvement. Aayaan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · UK Championship 2019
262
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.5613.47
top 9.1%659 / 6,689
Square-119.9830.02
top 28.0%263 / 778
3×3 one-handed23.0928.39
top 29.0%529 / 1,851
2×24.295.08
top 30.2%1,615 / 4,895
4×456.611:00.43
top 32.6%731 / 2,071
Pyraminx8.2812.80
top 38.6%1,558 / 3,656
5×51:54.722:16.26
top 45.8%572 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded4:52.08
early days — 2 solves273 / 311

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

UK Championship 2017: 16.87Manchester Open 2018: 14.95August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 12.52UK Championship 2018: 12.48Fontwell Open 2019: 12.43High Wycombe Open 2019: 12.27Leeds Open 2019: 12.13UK Championship 2019: 10.56Sheffield Spring 2026: 12.0610.5616.8727 Oct 201723 May 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 4.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.