People · United States
Aidan Gifford
2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017GIFF01
Aidan Gifford has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,139th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2017, he has put 198 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.63 in January 2017 to 2.40, a 57% improvement. Aidan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.63 | top 8.0% | 3,139 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 12.82 | top 12.2% | 6,544 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.10 | 6.62 | top 18.9% | 3,008 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.23 | 10.91 | top 29.8% | 8,250 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 11.22 | 15.17 | top 31.2% | 2,448 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.01 | 1:14.79 | top 40.7% | 6,634 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.48 | 2:00.44 | top 41.2% | 2,989 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.70 | 38.63 | top 48.2% | 6,588 / 15,683 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Appalachian Highlands TN 2024.
- 3 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Queen City 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017Six personal bests in one day at Queen City 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First competition: Dayton Winter 2017. A 18.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lex Mini IV 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Appalachian Highlands TN 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Derby City Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dayton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nolan Wood — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Crawley — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.