People · Republic of Korea
Aiden Lee
2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LEEA04
Aiden Lee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Cool Down Berkeley 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 167 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.42 in June 2023 to 10.40, a 28% improvement. Aiden has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.20 | top 5.9% | 168 / 2,334 | |
| 3×3 | 10.40 | 14.44 | top 8.7% | 504 / 4,390 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.04 | 23.23 | top 15.3% | 222 / 981 | |
| 4×4 | 52.89 | 58.53 | top 28.3% | 506 / 1,316 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.43 | 8.40 | top 31.4% | 485 / 1,294 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.54 | 2:06.93 | top 33.5% | 297 / 725 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 10.03 | top 40.3% | 409 / 874 |
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 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cool Down Berkeley 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023First competition: Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023. A 14.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Claws Up Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023 · 3 Jun 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.
- Jeff Chen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chris Martin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.