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Jack Manuel

3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012MANU01

Jack Manuel has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Vancouver Open Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2012, he has put 711 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.66 in February 2012 to 7.94, a 60% improvement. Jack has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time
7.94
signature single · Vancouver Open Winter 2018
711
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×37.9410.75
top 2.7%273 / 10,502
2×21.833.67
top 3.8%243 / 7,245
3×3 one-handed16.0219.74
top 10.3%230 / 2,632
Pyraminx4.558.03
top 10.5%385 / 4,913
4×439.7748.54
top 11.9%301 / 3,180
5×51:33.691:49.35
top 30.5%385 / 1,546
3×3 blindfolded2:08.03—
top 36.2%126 / 362
Square-130.1634.88
top 49.7%439 / 973
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 28:20—
early days — 1 solve71 / 116
6×65:33.466:02.65
early days — 3 solves549 / 683
Megaminx3:55.025:03.15
top 89.2%1,168 / 1,393

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

Lynden Open 2012: 19.66Couve Cubing 2012: 17.15Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 18.03Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 17.91Vancouver Open Winter 2014: 14.72Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 10.90VanCubing Winter 2014: 11.91Vancouver Open Spring 2015: 11.03UW Spring 2015: 11.55Puget Sound Open 2015: 9.87PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 8.71Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 10.22Puget Sound Spring 2016: 9.45US Nationals 2016: 9.29Vancouver Fall 2016: 10.02Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 9.69Puget Sound Winter 2017: 9.78Vancouver Open Summer 2017: 8.52Puget Sound Fall 2017: 9.38Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 7.94Nanjing Autumn 2019: 8.73Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 9.68Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020: 10.03Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.317.9419.664 Feb 201229 Jun 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.