People · United States
Jacob Basha
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022BASH03
Jacob Basha has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,384th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2022, he has put 381 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% 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 June 2022 to 9.50, a 56% improvement. Jacob has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.50 | 13.80 | top 6.1% | 3,384 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.42 | top 8.5% | 3,352 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 6.61 | top 20.1% | 3,207 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 7.74 | top 20.5% | 5,511 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 52.77 | 58.78 | top 28.1% | 4,349 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.17 | 34.68 | top 39.8% | 5,296 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.30 | 2:27.84 | top 45.8% | 3,369 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.26 | — | top 49.4% | 4,146 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 16.14 | 18.96 | top 52.4% | 4,299 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 4:17.25 | — | top 70.9% | 2,790 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:58.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,843 / 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
- 14 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at GCU Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Troy Story 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.76 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
Competitions
- Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Binghamton Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Island Winter Solstice 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Spring 2022 · 11 Jun 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.
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Evan Liu — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.