People · United States
Asher Kaftan
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017KAFT01
Asher Kaftan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.50, set at Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,178th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2017, he has put 302 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.76 in June 2017 to 7.50, a 52% improvement. Asher has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.50 | 8.96 | top 2.0% | 1,178 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 8.51 | 11.13 | top 3.7% | 278 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.77 | 5.13 | top 6.6% | 1,686 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.50 | 8.84 | top 7.8% | 1,206 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.51 | 22.16 | top 11.4% | 1,491 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.02 | top 14.2% | 5,587 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.54 | 51.64 | top 19.0% | 2,871 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.84 | 1:49.43 | top 24.8% | 1,929 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 32.76 | — | top 87.6% | 7,791 / 8,927 |
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
- 8 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Spring A 2023.
- 16 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at No 3x3 in Auburn Hills 2022.
- 19 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022.
- 16 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019.
- 16 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Flag City Fall 2019.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 34 2025 · 28 Aug 2025
- Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 3 2023 · 21 Apr 2023
- Washtenaw Spring A 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- No 3x3 in Auburn Hills 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IPM Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 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.
- Hunter Mackler — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Quinn Lawson — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- James Hildreth — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.