People · United States
AJ Saliman
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014SALI06
AJ Saliman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,099th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2014, he has put 147 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in December 2014 to 10.00, a 50% improvement. AJ has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.00 | 11.86 | top 7.4% | 4,099 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.88 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 57.32 | 1:06.37 | top 33.5% | 5,347 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.69 | 2:22.47 | top 54.0% | 4,573 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.90 | 12.21 | top 54.3% | 9,836 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.11 | — | early days — 3 solves | 11,719 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 5:56.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,751 / 4,196 | |
| Pyraminx | 33.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 28,552 / 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
- 2 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Fall 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Winter 2017.
- 17 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at Puget Sound Open 2015.
- 13 Dec 2014First competition: VanCubing Winter 2014. A 19.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- PDX Cubing Beta 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- VanCubing Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014
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.
- Tyler Halgren — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jason Hunt — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.