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Aidan Ries

3×3 · top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022RIES01

Aidan Ries has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.08, set at North Carolina Championship 2025, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,455th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2022, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.90 in June 2022 to 14.08, a 66% improvement. Aidan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.08
signature single · North Carolina Championship 2025
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0823.55
top 21.2%11,455 / 59,724
2×25.586.05
top 46.3%18,703 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.5412.42
top 49.3%14,319 / 28,708
4×41:30.71
top 64.1%11,243 / 19,072
Skewb12.0018.44
top 66.1%12,320 / 18,907
Square-11:40.38
early days — 1 solve6,579 / 6,743

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

GA Cubers Pride 2022: 41.90CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 22.58North Carolina Championship 2025: 14.0814.0841.9011 Jun 202224 May 2025

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.

  • Katie Hull — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Zachary Ochs — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Clay Moore — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.