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Ariq Jayden Alaniz
Pyraminx · top 51.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ALAN04
Ariq Jayden Alaniz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 51.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,981st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.17 in August 2024 to 39.93, a 31% improvement. Ariq has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.81 | 10.70 | top 51.5% | 14,981 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 8.17 | 11.18 | top 68.9% | 28,491 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 39.93 | 43.64 | top 76.8% | 46,844 / 59,724 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: DFW Back to School 2024. A 58.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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.
- Alejandro Kolster Passos — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Conard — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.