People · United States
Aidan Royal Knepel
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KNEP01
Aidan Royal Knepel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,050th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2023, he has put 244 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.92 in April 2023 to 9.97, a 28% improvement. Aidan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.97 | 12.40 | top 7.4% | 4,050 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 3.57 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 7.20 | 9.31 | top 11.7% | 896 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 6.43 | top 13.9% | 3,624 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 8.00 | top 15.5% | 2,435 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.75 | 33.69 | top 38.7% | 5,147 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.13 | 1:45.85 | top 63.0% | 11,022 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 4:07.23 | — | top 92.6% | 8,785 / 9,401 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024.
- 8 Apr 2023First competition: Richmond Spring 2023. A 13.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Brayden Adams — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blake Thompson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Panashe Sharma — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.