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Jack Helms-Galbraith

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HELM01

Jack Helms-Galbraith has been competing for 9 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,539th 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 35,811 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.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.61
signature single · AZCubing Winter 2022
143
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6112.02
top 6.4%3,539 / 59,724
2×22.484.52
top 8.7%3,422 / 40,951
4×449.941:00.18
top 24.6%3,767 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.2128.41
top 32.1%4,179 / 15,683
Square-133.3638.17
top 55.7%3,679 / 6,743
Clock27.21
early days — 2 solves7,124 / 8,927

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

Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 27.66Santa Barbara Fall 2017: 25.93Cubic Meltdown 2017: 20.02AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 17.21AZCubing Spring 2019: 15.93AZCubing Summer 2019: 13.65AZCubing Winter 2019: 11.40AZCubing Winter 2022: 9.61Oregon Championship 2023: 10.349.6127.6613 May 20171 Sep 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.