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AJ Harned
3×3 · top 18.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022HARN03
AJ Harned has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.25, set at Flushing Glow Open PM 2025, puts him in the top 18.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,988th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 118 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.07 in September 2022 to 13.25, a 31% 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 | 13.25 | 15.98 | top 18.4% | 9,988 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.92 | 9.11 | top 19.4% | 5,263 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 4.96 | top 26.3% | 10,516 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 57.88 | 59.58 | top 34.3% | 5,556 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 12.65 | 14.32 | top 38.1% | 3,088 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 25.98 | 27.89 | top 41.5% | 2,725 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 12.79 | top 44.0% | 7,830 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.78 | 37.18 | top 50.8% | 7,092 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.12 | 2:48.49 | top 60.4% | 4,658 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,079 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 6:45.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,001 / 4,262 |
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
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at NYU Spring 2025.
- 6 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Christmas City Cubing PA 2024.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Princeton Fall 2022. A 19.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Open PM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
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.
- Jalen Shareef — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Megan Kuo — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.