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Aidan McKenzie

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MCKE02

Aidan McKenzie has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Maine Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 72 competitions since June 2017, he has put 4,209 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.39 in June 2017 to 5.68, a 54% improvement. Aidan has entered 72 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Maine Winter 2024
4,209
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.687.16
top 0.32%214 / 59,724
Megaminx31.6336.94
top 0.35%25 / 7,841
4×423.9629.29
top 0.48%86 / 19,072
5×547.6251.71
top 1.2%101 / 9,401
Pyraminx2.054.79
top 1.2%337 / 28,708
2×21.402.27
top 1.7%690 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.2414.20
top 2.1%337 / 15,683
Square-17.4710.30
top 2.3%171 / 6,743
6×61:35.921:42.68
top 3.1%108 / 4,196
Skewb2.674.02
top 3.5%545 / 18,907
7×72:31.012:37.24
top 4.0%106 / 3,184
Clock7.528.50
top 13.0%990 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.67
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded2:03.22—
top 34.4%713 / 2,092

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

Midcoast Cubing 2017: 12.39Lexington Summer 2017: 11.68WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 11.26BA Cube Fest 2018: 9.70WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 8.94Midcoast Cubing 2018: 8.84BU Spring 2018: 8.84Blue Cubed 2018: 8.60Connect Community 2018: 9.07MIT Fall 2018: 8.08BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 8.45Boston University Winter 2019: 7.56Burke Mountain Cubing 2019: 7.41The Battle of Lexington 2019: 7.33Massachusetts Championship 2019: 7.76CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.18Burke Mountain Fall 2019: 7.88BA Four 2019: 7.86MIT Winter 2020: 8.30Deerfield Winter 2022: 7.39Maine Spring 2022: 7.73Saint John's Spring 2022: 7.11CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 7.05Fast In Mass 2022: 7.79CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 6.74Cubing in Beverly 2022: 6.85Amherst Open 2022: 6.55Maine Fall 2022: 7.41Naticube 2022: 7.62Burke Mountain Cubing 2022: 7.12Loon Cubikon 2022: 7.61New York New Year 2023: 7.21Maine Spring 2023: 7.42Panthers Cube Day 2023: 6.27Middleboro Cubikon 2023: 7.36New Hampshire Spring 2023: 7.25Cubehenge 2023: 7.15CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 7.06CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.34Be Quick in Brunswick 2023: 6.62CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 6.12Loon Cubikon 2023: 6.92Maine Winter 2024: 5.68River Hawk Cubikon 2024: 7.32New Hampshire Summer 2024: 7.06Skowhegan Spookfest 2024: 6.03Orono Open 2025: 5.96Skowhegan Cubikon 2025: 7.34FMC and More Maine 2025: 7.64Salem Cubikon 2025: 6.41Campobello Favorites 2025: 7.41Lubec Cubec 2025: 6.35CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 7.00Great North Woods 2025: 7.40Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025: 7.29Farming-a-ton of Solves ME 2025: 6.84Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 6.12New Hampshire Championship 2025: 6.84Ipswich Fall 2025: 6.69Ogunquit Winter 2025: 6.87Wakefield MA Spring 2026: 6.21Skowhegan Puzzlefest 2026: 7.04Championnat Québécois 2026: 6.49UnOrono-thodox Blocks 2026: 7.74Maine Open 2026: 7.38Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.55Star City ME Summer 2026: 6.755.6812.3910 Jun 201715 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.

  • Derek White — met in 674 rounds, finished ahead 513 times
  • Will Russo — met in 532 rounds, finished ahead 369 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 377 rounds, finished ahead 348 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.