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Jaden Ahn

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016AHNJ01

Jaden Ahn has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Berkeley Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,033rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2016, he has put 188 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.94 in November 2016 to 8.11, a 57% improvement. Jaden has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2018
188
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.612.82
top 2.6%1,033 / 40,951
3×38.119.62
top 3.0%1,698 / 59,724
4×435.6743.02
top 7.3%1,122 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.288.57
top 9.1%2,358 / 28,708
Skewb4.6711.16
top 15.7%2,465 / 18,907
Square-118.9025.90
top 25.5%1,683 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed23.2527.70
top 29.4%3,805 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.33
early days — 3 solves1,031 / 2,040

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

Berkeley Fall 2016: 18.94Armin Open 2017: 11.406.25 Bay Area 2017: 8.89South Enough 2018: 8.93Berkeley Winter 2018: 8.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 10.05Berkeley Spring 2018: 8.11CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.248.1118.9419 Nov 201627 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.