People · United States
Jackson Bodkin
3×3 · top 0.12% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BODK01
Jackson Bodkin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.97, set at DFW Cubing Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,392 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.23 in April 2022 to 4.97, a 65% improvement. Jackson has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.97 | 7.47 | top 0.12% | 79 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 0.89 | 2.78 | top 0.36% | 154 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 2.92 | 3.70 | top 0.65% | 60 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 28.13 | 31.37 | top 1.8% | 308 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 54.66 | 58.28 | top 3.3% | 270 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 55.92 | 59.37 | top 7.9% | 546 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 11.51 | 16.67 | top 8.9% | 633 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.93 | 5.80 | top 10.4% | 1,601 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 1:58.45 | 2:05.13 | top 10.4% | 374 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.25 | 23.93 | top 13.2% | 1,704 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:14.31 | 3:22.42 | top 14.6% | 404 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.51 | 8.14 | top 16.5% | 4,382 / 28,708 |
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
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 27 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 294 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 202 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 196 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.