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Cooper Jones

2×2 · top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022JONE01

Cooper Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.82, set at Queenspark O'Clock 2025, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since March 2022, he has put 1,981 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.85 in March 2022 to 6.67, a 79% improvement. Cooper has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time
0.82
signature single · Queenspark O'Clock 2025
1,981
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.821.77
top 0.25%17 / 1,615
Pyraminx1.542.77
top 0.47%21 / 1,141
3×36.678.77
top 1.0%37 / 2,095
Skewb2.054.45
top 1.5%21 / 666
Clock4.285.85
top 2.9%26 / 303
3×3 one-handed11.9716.86
top 2.9%34 / 600
Square-19.7116.21
top 5.6%21 / 251
Megaminx54.241:09.23
top 7.1%31 / 283
4×441.3045.00
top 13.6%110 / 722
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.67
top 17.4%29 / 111
5×51:23.121:35.54
top 21.7%89 / 355
6×63:59.084:08.59
top 65.1%108 / 149

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

Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 31.85NZ South Island Championship 2022: 18.40Lyttelton Spring 2022: 12.42New Zealand Nationals 2022: 13.63Cashmere Open 2023: 12.72NZ South Island Championship 2023: 12.34Lyttelton Spring 2023: 9.44New Zealand Nationals 2023: 10.36Lyttelton Summer 2024: 10.54Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 9.79NZ South Island Championship 2024: 11.25Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024: 8.93Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 10.20Oamaru Open 2024: 6.67Keep Christchurch Quick 2024: 8.27Keep Christchurch Quirky 2024: 8.98Keep Christchurch Complex 2024: 9.99Groundhog Day in Somerfield 2024: 9.72New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.61Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.34Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 8.60NZ South Island Championship 2025: 8.86Hurry Up Halswell 2025: 7.75Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 8.49Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 9.14NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 8.75New Zealand Nationals 2025: 7.82Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 7.48NZ South Island Championship 2026: 8.87Christchurch Autumn 2026: 8.35Auckland Winter Open 2026: 7.326.6731.855 Mar 202220 Jun 2026

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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.