People · Canada
Aedan Loughran
Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LOUG03
Aedan Loughran has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.69, set at Canadian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in Canada. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2017, he has put 607 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.22 in June 2017 to 8.42, a 74% improvement. Aedan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.69 | 4.20 | top 2.7% | 98 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 8.42 | 10.41 | top 3.6% | 347 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.42 | top 3.9% | 247 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.32 | 18.55 | top 4.9% | 108 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 44.25 | 53.82 | top 17.4% | 440 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 9.31 | top 19.0% | 435 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.87 | 2:12.82 | top 47.3% | 530 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 31.85 | 40.53 | top 52.9% | 469 / 952 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:27.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 310 / 351 |
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
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at St. John's Spring Open 2018.
Competitions
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanaimo Back to School 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Richmond Open Summer A 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- BC Cubing Springback A 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback A 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jacob Kotai — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Diego Moy — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.