New Jersey Competition Produces Two Near-North American Record Results
At Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026, Aaron Jake Wong ties the second-fastest 3x3 single in North American history, while Luke Griesser comes a +2 away from a 4.76 average.
At what looked like a fairly normal competition in New Jersey, two American solvers produced major 3x3 results in the same final.
Luke Griesser and Aaron Jake Wong both recorded their first official sub-4 singles. Luke started with a 3.98 on his second solve, finally breaking the barrier after entering the competition with a 4.01 personal best.
Aaron then produced the bigger surprise.
On the first solve of the final, he recorded a 3.34, improving his previous personal best of 4.56 by more than a full second. The result ties Ryan Pilat for the second-fastest 3x3 single by an American, behind only Max Park’s 3.13, and places Aaron ninth in the world.
Aaron is best known for Clock, where he has spent years near the top of the North American rankings, and is the reigning North American Championship in the event.
Watch Aaron’s 3x3 single here:
The 3.34 came as part of a 6.24 personal record average:
(3.34), 6.24, (8.24), 6.14, 6.36
Luke nearly produced an even bigger result in the same final.
His solves were:
4.22, (3.98), (8.03), 5.16+2, 4.91
Without the +2 penalty, Luke would have recorded a 4.76 average. Instead, the 5.16 became a 7.16, leaving him with a 5.43 average and the win.
Luke already owns a 5.38 personal best average, currently seventh in the United States, but the potential 4.76 would have represented a significant jump and placed him among the fastest North American averages ever recorded.
Between Aaron’s unexpected 3.34 and Luke coming one penalty away from a 4.76 average, a relatively small New Jersey competition ended up producing two of the weekend’s most notable 3x3 performances.