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Aidan Bell
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017BELL02
Aidan Bell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Weston Fall 2017, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,099th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2017, he has put 141 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.89 in February 2017 to 8.49, a 34% improvement. Aidan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.49 | 9.69 | top 3.7% | 2,099 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 3.76 | top 12.7% | 4,976 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 49.13 | 59.08 | top 23.6% | 3,605 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.00 | 7.24 | top 25.7% | 4,184 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 26.68 | 30.21 | top 42.8% | 2,773 / 6,743 |
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
- 10 Jun 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at Midcoast Cubing 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Midcoast Cubing 2017.
- 26 Feb 2017First competition: WPI Winter Cube Day 2017. A 12.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Sharon Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- Midcoast Cubing 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 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.
- Roger Lightbody III — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sam Schultz — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Derek White — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.