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Jack Johnston

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009JOHN05

Jack Johnston has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Winona Open 2013, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2009, he has put 1,130 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.80 in October 2009 to 8.17, a 70% improvement. Jack has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.30
signature single · Winona Open 2013
1,130
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.303.57
top 1.4%566 / 40,951
3×38.1711.88
top 3.1%1,757 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.319.38
top 9.2%2,391 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.67
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
4×448.1552.46
top 22.3%3,384 / 19,072
Megaminx1:28.301:39.40
top 27.1%1,871 / 7,841
Clock10.9313.08
top 29.8%2,326 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.0132.09
top 31.5%4,094 / 15,683
Skewb8.1816.19
top 42.6%7,464 / 18,907
5×51:51.552:06.72
top 43.7%3,582 / 9,401
Square-135.3456.73
top 59.0%3,898 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded5:13.42—
early days — 1 solve1,682 / 2,092
6×65:36.40—
top 87.7%3,608 / 4,196

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

Cubetcha 2009: 26.80Chicago Open 2010: 23.09Iowa Open 2010: 18.15Minnesota Open 2010: 18.33Cubetcha 2010: 11.96Mall of America 2011: 14.72Dixon Open 2011: 14.36Minnesota Open 2011: 13.83United States National Championships 2011: 16.11Cubetcha 2011: 13.13Minnesota Open 2012: 13.43Winona Open 2013: 11.71Dixon Summer 2013: 14.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.48UIUC Fall 2013: 11.40Dixon Spring 2014: 12.00Dixon Summer 2014: 12.21Wiscube 2014: 11.63Field of Cubes 2015: 11.35Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 11.77Dixon Winter 2016: 11.17Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 11.06Dixon Spring 2017: 10.56Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 11.56CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.72Heartland Championships 2017: 10.99Wiscube 2017: 10.65Lions Cubing 2018: 9.92Elk Cubing 2018: 11.06Madison Blind N Stuff 2018: 10.46Wiscube 2018: 9.60Lake Country Fall 2019: 10.26Wiscube 2019: 11.01Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026: 8.178.1726.8024 Oct 200928 Feb 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.