People · Canada
Aiden Crothers
2×2 · top 3.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CROT01
Aiden Crothers has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 228th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2025, he has put 170 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.80 in April 2025 to 9.42, a 44% improvement. Aiden has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 2.46 | top 3.5% | 228 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.21 | top 5.9% | 574 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 42.14 | 50.92 | top 14.7% | 377 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 7.05 | top 16.0% | 647 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 7.29 | top 17.2% | 384 / 2,928 | |
| Clock | 8.98 | 10.03 | top 19.7% | 170 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.15 | 25.69 | top 20.9% | 451 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.50 | 2:02.06 | top 34.4% | 363 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.10 | 1:55.53 | top 40.7% | 531 / 1,546 | |
| Square-1 | 26.62 | 44.66 | top 42.7% | 378 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.30 | 5:27.99 | early days — 3 solves | 398 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 7:35.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 419 / 519 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at BC Championship 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025. A 16.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Vancouver Mini Afternoon 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
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.
- Naitik Kaushal — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Devin Raghu — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Heewon Hwang — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.