People · United States
Aidan Shah
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019SHAH01
Aidan Shah has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.31, set at Lakewood Fall 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,032nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2019, he has put 280 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.97 in January 2019 to 7.31, a 65% improvement. Aidan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.31 | 9.93 | top 1.7% | 1,032 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 11.97 | top 8.4% | 2,156 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 37.41 | 40.49 | top 9.1% | 1,367 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.87 | 22.24 | top 12.3% | 1,594 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 4.75 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.60 | 1:38.08 | top 32.0% | 2,529 / 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
- 3 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 11.97 at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.97 at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: Hudson Valley Winter 2019. A 20.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Tyler Kochy — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kyle Meade — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.