People · United States
AJ Smith
3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020JRAD01
AJ Smith has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.63, set at North Carolina Championship 2025, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,639th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2020, he has put 57 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.67 in January 2020 to 12.63, a 44% improvement. AJ has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.63 | 15.18 | top 16.1% | 8,639 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 59.01 | 1:20.40 | top 35.4% | 5,701 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.95 | 5.56 | top 38.7% | 15,518 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 10.95 | top 39.2% | 11,219 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,486 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.48 | 12.35 | top 57.9% | 10,592 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.91 | 49.68 | top 65.1% | 9,245 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:13.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,171 / 3,184 |
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
- 24 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.45 at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2020First competition: Charlotte Winter 2020. A 22.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
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.
- Roxana Johnson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nathan Smith — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Katie Hull — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.