People · United States
Jack Baum
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018BAUM02
Jack Baum has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,840th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2018, he has put 113 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in February 2018 to 9.09, a 42% improvement. Jack has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 9.77 | top 5.1% | 2,840 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 34.09 | 40.22 | top 5.9% | 919 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.45 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 7.44 | top 19.5% | 3,115 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.13 | 8.61 | top 28.9% | 7,997 / 28,708 |
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 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024.
- 12 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kubiat HaGalil A 2022.
- 27 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.49 at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018First competition: Incredible Pencil Mania 2018. A 15.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubiat HaGalil A 2022 · 12 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
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.
- Jack Manzo — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Hildreth — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kelton Eric William Kyro — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.