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Aidan Costello
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015COST04
Aidan Costello has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at San Ramon Cubed 2017, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2015, he has put 191 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.62 in April 2015 to 9.15, a 68% improvement. Aidan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 3.11 | 5.75 | top 4.0% | 1,073 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 11.77 | top 5.2% | 2,918 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.18 | 19.51 | top 10.6% | 1,410 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 16.45 | 19.63 | top 19.7% | 1,323 / 6,743 | |
| 2×2 | 4.40 | 4.83 | top 31.6% | 12,567 / 40,951 |
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
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at San Ramon Cubed 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at San Ramon Cubed 2017.
- 24 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at 6.25 Bay Area 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.77 at MVCS Spring 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at MVCS Spring 2017.
- 19 Apr 2015First competition: SPCS Stanford Spring 2015. A 28.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- MVCS Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 6 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Graham Siggins — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ryan Jew — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.