People · United Kingdom
Jack Smith
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SMIT09
Jack Smith has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Hastings Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 282nd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2016, he has put 361 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.51 in April 2016 to 8.36, a 42% improvement. Jack has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 10.46 | top 3.4% | 282 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.69 | top 4.9% | 361 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 35.37 | 43.76 | top 7.0% | 171 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 6.69 | top 9.1% | 354 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 7.67 | top 9.5% | 217 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.76 | 21.02 | top 9.7% | 194 / 1,851 | |
| Square-1 | 16.10 | 19.89 | top 18.9% | 187 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.82 | 1:29.82 | top 21.4% | 286 / 1,151 |
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
- 25 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2019.
- 2 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Hastings Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at UK Championship 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2017.
- 4 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2016.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hastings Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Crawley Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- North London Open 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
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.
- Eli Jay — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Robert Yau — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Stark — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.