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Aidan Bae

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BAEA01

Aidan Bae has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at NoVa Cube Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,002nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2021, he has put 45 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.89 in November 2021 to 7.27, an 18% improvement. Aidan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.27
signature single · NoVa Cube Winter 2024
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.278.59
top 1.7%1,002 / 59,724
2×21.672.37
top 2.9%1,136 / 40,951
Square-19.5815.88
top 5.4%394 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed31.93
early days — 1 solve7,035 / 15,683
Megaminx2:33.93
early days — 3 solves4,793 / 7,841
6×65:49.91
early days — 1 solve3,700 / 4,196

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 8.89NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 7.277.278.8920 Nov 20213 Feb 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.