People · United States
Gordon Jones
2×2 · top 2.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024JONE09
Gordon Jones has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Arkansas Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 811th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 324 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.77 in March 2024 to 7.69, a 44% improvement. Gordon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.46 | 2.13 | top 2.0% | 811 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 8.43 | top 2.3% | 1,376 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.09 | 4.28 | top 4.0% | 1,072 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 37.64 | 47.35 | top 9.5% | 1,434 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.26 | 21.30 | top 13.3% | 1,735 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 4.80 | top 14.2% | 2,240 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.45 | 1:17.11 | top 18.3% | 1,263 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.82 | 1:49.19 | top 32.2% | 2,581 / 9,537 |
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 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Arkansas Cube Day 2026.
- 20 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2026.
- 29 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Arkansolve Fall 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Going Fast in Grandview 2024. A 13.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arkansas Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Going Fast in Grandview 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Titus Sutterfield — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Michael Shubentsov — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.