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AJ Espiritu
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024ESPI16
AJ Espiritu has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025, puts her in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2024, she has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.03 in June 2024 to 9.54, a 21% improvement. AJ has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.54 | 10.85 | top 6.2% | 3,497 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 38.40 | 45.49 | top 10.3% | 1,551 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.62 | 35.19 | top 25.0% | 3,267 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.15 | 1:57.40 | top 34.8% | 2,529 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 5.08 | top 35.7% | 14,487 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.33 | 12.67 | top 47.6% | 13,963 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.53 | 2:06.71 | top 51.6% | 4,403 / 9,537 |
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
- 20 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025.
- 20 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025.
- 15 Jun 2024First competition: Hillsboro Favorites 2024. A 12.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rose City OR 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Hillsboro Favorites 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
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 her.
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Clancy Caster — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Steph Prze — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 8.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.