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Aden Malone

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015MALO01

Aden Malone has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2018, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,630th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2015, he has put 889 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.17 in September 2015 to 8.93, a 56% improvement. Aden has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.93
signature single · Penn Cube Day Fall 2018
889
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9310.12
top 4.7%2,630 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.395.22
top 5.0%1,313 / 28,708
2×22.153.57
top 5.8%2,333 / 40,951
Skewb4.226.03
top 12.4%1,931 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed17.1722.64
top 13.0%1,681 / 15,683
4×442.2047.67
top 14.7%2,206 / 19,072
5×51:16.441:32.30
top 16.4%1,274 / 9,401
Square-117.9221.85
top 23.2%1,533 / 6,743
Megaminx1:24.481:36.08
top 24.6%1,697 / 7,841
6×63:15.943:37.17
top 48.5%1,818 / 4,196
7×75:22.675:26.77
top 57.6%1,704 / 3,184

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

Norwich Summer 2015: 20.17Manhasset Fall 2015: 14.59Liberty Science 2015: 15.17Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 14.88Princeton Winter 2016: 13.96Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 12.96Manhasset Spring 2016: 11.83Melrose Summer 2016: 10.59Sharon Summer 2016: 10.04Princeton Fall 2016: 9.86Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 9.70Clifton Winter 2017: 10.03Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 9.90Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 9.19Big Cube Bash 2017: 10.64Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 10.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.34Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 9.96New York City Winter 2018: 9.28Quinnipiac 2018: 10.06New York City Fall 2018: 9.76Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 8.93Princeton Winter 2019: 9.33Empire State Spring 2019: 9.24Babylon Winter 2020: 9.58Brugge Open 2023: 9.87Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 10.648.9320.1712 Sep 201522 Apr 2023

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.

  • Chris Chi — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Eva Kato — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.