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Jackson Smith
2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SMIT22
Jackson Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Midwest Cubing Classic 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,192nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, he has put 190 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.76 in May 2025 to 11.30, a 48% improvement. Jackson has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 6.03 | top 3.1% | 1,192 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.30 | 14.85 | top 11.4% | 6,171 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 9.82 | top 22.6% | 6,099 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 52.24 | 53.82 | top 27.4% | 4,237 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.72 | 11.32 | top 46.5% | 8,232 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.17 | — | top 50.5% | 4,239 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.06 | 47.40 | top 55.5% | 7,692 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 41.11 | — | top 66.8% | 4,393 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,691 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.98 | — | top 73.5% | 5,731 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 24.94 | 26.90 | top 76.6% | 6,712 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 6:52.97 | 7:33.47 | top 78.9% | 2,469 / 3,184 |
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
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.30 at Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.73 at WisconsiNxN 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at WisconsiNxN 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Door County Cube Challenge 2025. A 24.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waukesha Weeknights 2026 · 26 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 3x3 in Madison 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.