People · United States
Aston Lim
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIMA01
Aston Lim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.57, set at UW or U Don't 2023, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2023, he has put 166 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.95 in January 2023 to 10.57, a 41% improvement. Aston has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.57 | 12.35 | top 9.2% | 5,017 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.23 | 27.59 | top 32.1% | 4,191 / 15,683 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at UW or U Don't 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Welcome to Olympia 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Lynnwood Winter 2023. A 17.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Olympia Classic 2024 · 5 May 2024
- Lakewood Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023 · 10 Nov 2023
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Central Washington Odds 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lynnwood Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 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.
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cailyn Hoover — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.