People · Australia
Jack Hinz
Square-1 · top 2.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017HINZ01
Jack Hinz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Australia. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since September 2017, he has put 809 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.14 in September 2017 to 10.83, a 37% improvement. Jack has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.18 | 10.11 | top 2.0% | 22 / 899 | |
| 3×3 | 10.83 | 11.31 | top 10.0% | 879 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 6.98 | top 13.8% | 661 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.50 | top 18.1% | 1,361 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 5.17 | 9.29 | top 19.5% | 509 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.80 | 25.88 | top 20.0% | 454 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 49.36 | 1:03.35 | top 23.9% | 598 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.53 | 2:31.70 | top 52.9% | 653 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 433 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:46.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 383 / 394 |
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 Jan 2021Five personal bests in one day at Brisbane Is Back On 2021.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Brisbane 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Northside Cube Day 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at Brisbane Winter 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Brisbane Winter 2018.
Competitions
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Eastside Side Events 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Brisbane Summer 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023
- Northside Spring Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Northside Duology Part 1 2022 · 7 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Days 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
- Gold Coast Spring 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Brisbane 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Brisbane Winter 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Winter 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ming Dao Ting — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Benjamin Warry — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Nicholas Paul — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.