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Jackson Whitaker
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022WHIT10
Jackson Whitaker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 313 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.79 in May 2022 to 8.63, a 71% improvement. Jackson has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.63 | 10.64 | top 4.0% | 2,306 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.84 | top 4.7% | 1,889 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 5.65 | top 5.8% | 1,510 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 36.63 | 43.90 | top 8.4% | 1,279 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 7.30 | 10.09 | top 12.1% | 947 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.39 | 1:33.76 | top 22.1% | 1,547 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.41 | 1:37.85 | top 24.6% | 1,936 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 6.62 | 12.51 | top 30.7% | 5,135 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.77 | 43.47 | top 60.5% | 8,601 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 44.14 | 55.64 | top 70.1% | 4,670 / 6,846 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.31 at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 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.
- Leland Pak — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Shvant Gode — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Pierce Tickle — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.