People · New Zealand
Jacob Burger
2×2 · top 28.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025BURG05
Jacob Burger has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.19, set at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.19 | 8.40 | top 28.9% | 516 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 18.36 | 22.70 | top 35.2% | 716 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.17 | 12.42 | top 46.3% | 609 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 2:08.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 613 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:32.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 576 / 600 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.62 at Coping in Auckland 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.65 at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025. A 32.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Apollo McVey — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaden Ho — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.