People · United States
Ariana Machado
3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023MACH08
Ariana Machado has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.23, set at American Dream NJ 2025, puts her in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,854th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, she has put 165 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in August 2023 to 12.23, a 23% improvement. Ariana 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 | 12.23 | 14.68 | top 14.7% | 7,854 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 7.45 | top 17.4% | 4,601 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.39 | top 20.3% | 7,971 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 22.83 | 28.86 | top 34.3% | 2,232 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 7.66 | 11.11 | top 38.7% | 6,651 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.44 | 1:14.82 | top 41.2% | 6,719 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 14.19 | 15.02 | top 44.6% | 3,587 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,853 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.87 | 2:44.33 | top 58.7% | 5,011 / 9,401 |
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
- 4 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First competition: Chemung Cubing 2023. A 15.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Chemung Cubing 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests 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 her.
- Evan Liu — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Clem Tucker — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ernie Pulchny — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as she improves.