People · United States
Ari Smith Posner
2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023POSN01
Ari Smith Posner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2024, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 203 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.05 in March 2023 to 15.18, a 66% improvement. Ari has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 5.50 | top 13.2% | 5,203 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 8.30 | 12.14 | top 16.6% | 1,271 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 10.68 | top 20.1% | 5,377 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.18 | 18.76 | top 25.0% | 13,621 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.18 | 14.05 | top 42.6% | 7,464 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 39.79 | 1:00.45 | top 65.1% | 4,276 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.62 | 1:00.02 | top 72.3% | 10,435 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,102 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 4:37.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,577 / 7,841 |
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 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.58 at Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Fall 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 21 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at New Jersey Championship 2024.
Competitions
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
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.
- Charles Darrington — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alex Hamburg — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Dylan Gesmundo — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.