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Aidan Grumbling

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019GRUM01

Aidan Grumbling has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at King of Prussia Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,297th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2019, he has put 315 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.67 in September 2019 to 9.44, a 43% improvement. Aidan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.44
signature single · King of Prussia Spring 2026
315
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.4411.70
top 5.9%3,297 / 59,724
4×442.3749.81
top 14.9%2,243 / 19,072
2×23.865.02
top 24.7%9,681 / 40,951
5×51:27.251:34.12
top 25.1%1,959 / 9,401
7×74:13.144:33.60
top 35.4%992 / 3,184
6×62:52.583:09.69
early days — 3 solves1,354 / 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

Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 16.67Pretzel Mania 2022: 13.12Pretzel Mania 2023: 13.68Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 13.01Warwick Cube Day 2023: 11.11Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 12.36Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 12.30New-Cumberland County 2024: 10.67Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 11.55Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 11.03Cumberland County Fall 2024: 9.77PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 11.26New-Cumberland County 2025: 10.89CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 10.50Ephrata Fall 2025: 9.45King of Prussia Spring 2026: 9.44Ephrata Spring 2026: 10.03King of Prussia Summer 2026: 10.34Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 11.189.4416.6728 Sep 201914 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.