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AJ Blair

Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009BLAI01

AJ Blair has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Denver Back to School 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 529th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since April 2009, he has put 2,685 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.27 in April 2009 to 8.82, an 82% improvement. AJ has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.42
signature single · Denver Back to School 2019
2,685
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.424.25
top 2.0%529 / 28,708
2×21.893.41
top 4.1%1,612 / 40,951
3×38.8210.68
top 4.5%2,481 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves29.33
top 5.1%118 / 2,040
4×434.1739.94
top 6.0%925 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.1318.37
top 8.4%1,111 / 15,683
Square-111.3115.46
top 8.5%609 / 6,743
Clock6.599.33
top 9.5%728 / 8,927
Megaminx1:03.501:10.59
top 11.8%800 / 7,841
5×51:12.631:17.43
top 13.5%1,036 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:02.891:29.92
top 14.0%266 / 2,092
Skewb4.597.28
top 15.1%2,375 / 18,907
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 56:39—
top 18.0%122 / 731
6×62:21.752:22.50
top 21.4%756 / 4,196
7×73:35.403:54.69
top 21.7%617 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded8:34.039:21.89
top 48.3%194 / 440

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

Denver Open 2009: 50.27Boulder 2009: 28.80United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 22.13Denver Open 2010: 17.05Colorado Springs Open 2011: 15.81Kansas Cube-Off 2011: 15.19United States National Championships 2011: 14.59Hillsdale Winter 2012: 12.96Colorado Springs 2012: 13.06Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 13.30United States National Championships 2012: 11.47Colorado Springs 2013: 11.58Dixon Summer 2013: 10.31Tree Town 2013: 10.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.63Cubetcha 2013: 11.15Leaf Town 2013: 9.22Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 11.11US Nationals 2014: 11.25Michigan Mystery 2014: 10.78Colorado Springs Open 2015: 10.61US Nationals 2015: 10.43Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 11.27Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 8.82US Nationals 2016: 9.55Longmont Cube Open 2017: 9.331 Body Cubing 2017: 9.37CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.09Longmont Summer 2017: 10.09Colorado Qualifier 2018: 9.61CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.89Pueblo Open 2018: 10.56Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 9.95Colorado Qualifier 2019: 9.92Pikes Peak 2019: 10.13CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.28Denver Back to School 2019: 10.62Cubing in Craig 2022: 9.90Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.45Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 10.45CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.81CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 10.14Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 10.32Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.70Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.398.8250.2725 Apr 20092 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.