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Aidan O'Connell

3×3 · top 29.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014OCON01

Aidan O'Connell has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.63, set at New Hope Open Spring 2018, puts him in the top 29.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,380th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2014, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.45 in February 2014 to 16.63, a 57% improvement. Aidan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.63
signature single · New Hope Open Spring 2018
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.6319.05
top 29.8%16,380 / 59,724
2×25.257.37
top 42.4%17,061 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.2414.24
top 54.9%16,036 / 28,708

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

Princeton Winter 2014: 38.45US Nationals 2014: 22.91Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 21.76Liberty Science 2015: 19.96North Plainfield Open 2018: 18.15New Hope Open Spring 2018: 16.6316.6338.4515 Feb 201416 Jun 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.