People · Australia
Jack Appleyard
2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021APPL01
Jack Appleyard has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2021, he has put 355 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in December 2021 to 9.92, a 38% improvement. Jack has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 4.59 | top 4.2% | 331 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 12.20 | top 7.2% | 675 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.20 | 20.64 | top 10.7% | 242 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 53.56 | 57.26 | top 29.0% | 759 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.21 | 10.55 | top 29.6% | 1,539 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.99 | 2:46.04 | top 62.1% | 795 / 1,277 | |
| Skewb | 11.36 | 13.79 | top 62.8% | 2,086 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.28 | — | top 63.1% | 873 / 1,356 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 5 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at North Sydney Cube Day 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Orange Zest 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 13 Feb 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022.
- 28 Dec 2021First competition: December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021. A 15.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Orange Zest 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peri Le Dain — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Liam Highducheck — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.