People · United States
Jack Helms-Galbraith
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HELM01
Jack Helms-Galbraith has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at AZCubing Winter 2022, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,612th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2017, he has put 143 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.66 in May 2017 to 9.61, a 65% improvement. Jack has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.61 | 12.02 | top 6.4% | 3,612 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.52 | top 8.8% | 3,487 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 49.94 | 1:00.18 | top 24.8% | 3,830 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.21 | 28.41 | top 32.2% | 4,244 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 33.36 | 38.17 | top 55.8% | 3,731 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 27.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,319 / 9,172 |
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
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at AZCubing Winter 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at AZCubing Winter 2022.
- 31 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.21 at AZCubing Summer 2019.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at AZCubing Summer 2019.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.21 at AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018.
- 13 May 2017First competition: Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017. A 27.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- AZCubing Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubic Meltdown 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017 · 13 May 2017
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.
- Daniel York — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ivan Vanek — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dan Tran — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.