People · Ireland
Aran Mitchell
2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023MITC04
Aran Mitchell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2023, he has put 558 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.57 in February 2023 to 12.54, a 44% improvement. Aran has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.11 | 3.59 | top 0.79% | 15 / 1,163 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.65 | 7.24 | top 11.1% | 146 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 12.54 | 14.88 | top 15.8% | 212 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 9.81 | top 17.2% | 118 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.05 | 28.50 | top 31.6% | 117 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.09 | 1:14.06 | top 36.6% | 172 / 579 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.27 | — | top 66.4% | 188 / 296 | |
| Clock | 22.58 | 31.02 | top 71.5% | 255 / 331 | |
| 6×6 | 5:25.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 123 / 142 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Rebel County Cubing 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rebel County Cubing 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mayo Cubing 2023.
- 13 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023.
- 13 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023.
Competitions
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024
- Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rebel County Cubing 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
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 Timmons — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ronan Finke — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.