People · United States
Jacob Alter
3×3 · top 61.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ALTE01
Jacob Alter has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.28, set at West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025, puts him in the top 61.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,533rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.82 in October 2022 to 29.28, a 33% improvement. Jacob 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.28 | 45.60 | top 61.3% | 36,533 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 15.50 | 32.58 | top 79.9% | 15,281 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 12.05 | 16.51 | top 84.5% | 35,084 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.34 | 22.11 | top 86.1% | 25,361 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 39.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,351 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.28 at West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025.
- 7 Oct 2022First competition: WCC Western Championship 2022. A 43.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Agoura Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Drake Denton Richard — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.28 away.
- A sub-15 Skewb single — 57,358 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.