People · United States
AJ Garcia
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GARA07
AJ Garcia has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.99, set at Temecula Valley Summer 2026, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,652nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 61 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.48 in December 2023 to 10.99, a 41% improvement. AJ 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.99 | 14.74 | top 10.4% | 5,652 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.08 | 11.15 | top 40.3% | 16,199 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.07 | 17.18 | top 61.0% | 17,941 / 28,708 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Temecula Valley Summer 2026.
- 10 Dec 2023First competition: Beckman Gets Big 2023. A 18.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beckman Gets Big 2023 · 10 Dec 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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Lehman — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aileen Vo — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.