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Brody Aiken
2×2 · top 4.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022AIKE01
Brody Aiken has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,621st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2022, he has put 328 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.06 in December 2022 to 10.50, a 56% improvement. Brody has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 3.89 | top 4.1% | 1,621 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 6.11 | top 8.1% | 2,110 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 13.40 | top 9.0% | 4,996 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.23 | 8.32 | top 12.6% | 1,971 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 53.25 | 1:04.78 | top 28.8% | 4,527 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 11.04 | 13.75 | top 30.2% | 2,415 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.98 | 37.43 | top 44.4% | 6,086 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 29.43 | 37.27 | top 48.4% | 3,200 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.36 | 2:12.13 | top 49.0% | 3,712 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.12 | — | top 59.0% | 5,111 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:44.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,167 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:30.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,726 / 3,236 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.20 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2022 · 3 Dec 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.
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matthew Remington — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Eddie Szuster — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.