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Aidan Chen
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CHEN76
Aidan Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Fall River Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 829th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2022, he has put 290 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.04 in September 2022 to 11.53, a 39% improvement. Aidan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.84 | 7.72 | top 3.1% | 829 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.53 | 14.89 | top 12.3% | 6,598 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 4.24 | top 14.8% | 5,810 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.70 | 8.63 | top 15.9% | 2,504 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 52.10 | 1:03.78 | top 27.3% | 4,207 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.01 | 14.45 | top 39.7% | 3,158 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.15 | 39.58 | top 47.0% | 6,409 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 7:39.74 | 8:00.18 | early days — 3 solves | 2,733 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 23 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Amherst Open 2022. A 19.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Westerly RI 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Burlington Cube Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Durette — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Derek White — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.