People · United States
Aidan Piper
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PIPE02
Aidan Piper has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,624th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since November 2022, he has put 1,860 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.56 in November 2022 to 8.02, a 52% improvement. Aidan has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 9.91 | top 2.8% | 1,624 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 3.05 | top 3.8% | 1,501 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 6.95 | top 6.4% | 1,652 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.02 | 19.70 | top 10.3% | 1,358 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 13.75 | 18.21 | top 13.6% | 931 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 4.50 | 5.52 | top 14.5% | 2,254 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 45.58 | 52.59 | top 19.0% | 2,879 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 8.82 | 9.87 | top 19.1% | 1,454 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.85 | 1:43.11 | top 27.2% | 2,126 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.38 | 2:32.60 | top 47.7% | 3,534 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.38 | 3:33.95 | top 51.6% | 1,935 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:15.94 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,197 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | 56.33 | early days — 3 solves | 1,833 / 2,040 |
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
- 18 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at Arkansolve Fall 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arkansolve Fall 2024.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- DFW Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Simple in Temple 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Heart of Texas 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Minicomp B 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube With Retention in Denton 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisters in Tulsa 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Shreveport 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 370 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Conard — met in 289 rounds, finished ahead 196 times
- John Wanger II — met in 276 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.