People · United States
Jacob Alexander Burns
2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025BURN04
Jacob Alexander Burns has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at UO Fall 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,616th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.59 in October 2025 to 21.12, a 33% improvement. Jacob has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 6.10 | top 6.6% | 2,616 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.12 | 24.73 | top 43.0% | 24,658 / 59,724 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-30 3×3: 23.64 at Eugene Spring 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: UO Fall 2025. A 31.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eugene Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UO Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
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.
- Abby Newlander — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ash Michael Moore — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.