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AJ Garrett
3×3 · top 17.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015GARR02
AJ Garrett has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.06, set at Katano Summer 2025, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,613th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2015, he has put 70 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.09 in September 2015 to 13.06, a 69% improvement. AJ has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 13.06 | 16.36 | top 17.7% | 9,613 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.54 | 11.81 | top 32.4% | 9,217 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.00 | 1:19.47 | top 43.0% | 7,159 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 8.26 | 13.55 | top 43.4% | 7,713 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.97 | 7.03 | top 50.7% | 20,938 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:10.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,777 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 5:54.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,969 / 8,026 |
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
- 15 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Katano Summer 2025.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.22 at Naperville Winter A 2022.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-30 3×3: 21.16 at Indiana 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Five personal bests in one day at Indiana 2016.
- 26 Sep 2015First competition: Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015. A 42.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katano Summer 2025 · 15 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter A 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
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.
- Ben Zoller — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Hildreth — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Blake Thompson — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.