People · United States
Aiden Burkholder
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BURK08
Aiden Burkholder has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,718th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2017, he has put 231 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.03 in October 2017 to 8.95, a 66% improvement. Aiden has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.95 | 10.73 | top 4.8% | 2,718 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 8.91 | top 17.2% | 2,756 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 47.14 | 52.57 | top 21.1% | 3,242 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.61 | top 21.2% | 8,438 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 9.96 | top 23.5% | 6,455 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.42 | 39.77 | top 50.0% | 6,972 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.19 | 2:33.87 | top 55.7% | 4,773 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 18.16 | 20.32 | top 59.3% | 5,110 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 54.01 | 1:17.45 | top 79.6% | 5,362 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,474 / 8,026 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024.
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hawaii 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.39 at Irvine Winter 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Irvine Winter 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.10 at SacCubing III 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing III 2018.
Competitions
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hawaii 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Summer 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Skillcon 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
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.
- Michael Young — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kevin Matthews — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.