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Jackson Taylor

3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012TAYL02

Jackson Taylor has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.67, set at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 633rd in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2012, he has put 799 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.33 in July 2012 to 6.67, a 79% improvement. Jackson has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time
6.67
signature single · Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026
799
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.678.85
top 1.0%633 / 59,724
4×433.2736.96
top 5.2%802 / 19,072
5×559.841:06.23
top 5.4%445 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.8617.12
top 9.9%1,311 / 15,683
Skewb3.926.31
top 10.3%1,587 / 18,907
2×22.694.52
top 10.8%4,258 / 40,951
6×62:09.812:17.16
top 15.3%546 / 4,196
7×73:17.803:38.79
top 15.6%435 / 3,184
Megaminx1:36.491:49.49
top 32.4%2,288 / 7,841
Pyraminx7.859.57
top 35.0%9,881 / 28,708
Square-146.6957.58
top 72.9%4,800 / 6,743
Clock57.58—
early days — 3 solves8,833 / 8,927

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

Raleigh Open 2012: 31.33River Hill Winter 2013: 15.69Raleigh Open 2013: 14.86Charlotte Open Fall 2014: 12.49US Nationals 2015: 11.03ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 9.96Duke Summer 2016: 10.94Crossroads Cubing 2017: 10.32Unionville Open Spring 2017: 10.59Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 8.92Charleston Spring 2018: 10.04Carolina Cubers United 2018: 9.19Carolina Season Starter 2018: 8.86CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 9.54Charlotte Winter 2025: 8.09North Carolina Championship 2025: 8.87NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 9.22Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 8.14NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 7.95Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026: 6.67Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.496.6731.3321 Jul 20122 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.