People · United Kingdom
Aidan Zgolinski
2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ZGOL01
Aidan Zgolinski has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2023, he has put 818 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.74 in July 2023 to 8.87, a 68% improvement. Aidan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.54 | 3.95 | top 2.3% | 181 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 11.96 | top 4.6% | 361 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.03 | 7.49 | top 7.8% | 305 / 3,656 | |
| Megaminx | 56.60 | 1:03.89 | top 8.2% | 103 / 966 | |
| Square-1 | 14.06 | 16.55 | top 14.3% | 147 / 778 | |
| Clock | 8.39 | 9.32 | top 17.0% | 243 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 45.04 | 56.21 | top 18.4% | 415 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 5.07 | 6.34 | top 18.7% | 435 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.25 | 1:35.99 | top 24.3% | 326 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.29 | 28.93 | top 32.3% | 587 / 1,851 | |
| 6×6 | 3:36.73 | 3:38.89 | early days — 3 solves | 342 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 5:56.08 | 6:14.22 | top 66.7% | 325 / 459 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Bolton Spring 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Manchester February 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026 · 3 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead once
- Thomas Allinson — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.