People · United States
Kyran Aten
2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ATEN01
Kyran Aten has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,387th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2023, he has put 114 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.81 in March 2023 to 10.07, a 36% improvement. Kyran has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.17 | 3.47 | top 6.0% | 2,387 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.07 | 12.50 | top 7.7% | 4,218 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.98 | 1:16.62 | top 10.5% | 722 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 4.12 | 9.99 | top 11.7% | 1,819 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.04 | 9.07 | top 13.4% | 3,500 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 47.02 | 50.60 | top 20.8% | 3,166 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.21 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024.
- 7 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024.
- 31 Mar 2023First competition: Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023. A 17.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023 · 31 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chaeli Baker — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.