People · United States
Jack Berman
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BERM08
Jack Berman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Wall Street Spring B 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,147th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2023, he has put 444 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.05 in November 2023 to 10.77, a 17% improvement. Jack has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.66 | 3.17 | top 2.9% | 1,147 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.76 | 6.50 | top 9.3% | 1,456 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 13.19 | top 9.8% | 5,407 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 8.79 | 11.35 | top 18.8% | 1,459 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.45 | 25.59 | top 19.1% | 2,494 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 8.64 | top 19.8% | 5,379 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 49.08 | 55.54 | top 23.7% | 3,651 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 20.48 | 27.30 | top 29.1% | 1,921 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.84 | 1:55.78 | top 33.8% | 2,714 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.35 | 2:11.76 | top 44.9% | 3,365 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:42.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,152 / 4,262 |
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
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wall Street Spring B 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Spring into Summit 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Ridgefield Spring 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Princeton Fall 2023. A 13.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Manhattan Mini PM 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wall Street Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.