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Aron Stapleton
Pyraminx · top 0.59% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022STAP04
Aron Stapleton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Australian Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Australia. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2022, he has put 572 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in October 2022 to 8.79, a 50% improvement. Aron has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.63 | 2.56 | top 0.59% | 34 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 2.72 | top 4.4% | 339 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 8.79 | 9.99 | top 4.4% | 411 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 6.96 | top 13.3% | 345 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 47.62 | 50.51 | top 21.6% | 541 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.65 | 25.53 | top 22.3% | 503 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.74 | 1:37.71 | top 23.5% | 284 / 1,277 | |
| Square-1 | 25.88 | 41.15 | top 41.1% | 396 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.75 | — | early days — 3 solves | 922 / 1,356 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
- 12 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024.
- 28 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 16 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Ultimate Clock Clash 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022
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.
- Sebastian Lee — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Miles Irwin — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Edward Rust — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.