People · United States
Aiden Gao
Square-1 · top 27.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022GAOA01
Aiden Gao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 19.71, set at Brookline Favorites IV 2026, puts him in the top 27.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,794th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2022, he has put 32 official solves on the record across seven events. His Clock best has come down from 34.31 in July 2022 to 11.60, a 66% improvement. Aiden has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 19.71 | 26.37 | top 27.3% | 1,794 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 11.87 | top 27.8% | 4,541 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.56 | 1:50.01 | top 31.7% | 2,249 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 11.60 | 13.91 | top 33.1% | 2,605 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 40.13 | 48.18 | top 77.0% | 46,999 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 2:17.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,827 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 5:51.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,713 / 4,196 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Granite State 2022. A 40.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brookline Favorites IV 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Russo — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 4.71 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.