People · United Kingdom
Jacob Burney
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017BURN03
Jacob Burney has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at Stevenage Summer 2022, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 153 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.84 in June 2017 to 10.00, a 50% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.00 | 12.68 | top 7.5% | 552 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 42.73 | 56.04 | top 15.5% | 367 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.68 | 1:37.42 | top 21.4% | 290 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.10 | 25.03 | top 23.6% | 439 / 1,861 | |
| 2×2 | 4.27 | 5.64 | top 30.0% | 1,618 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 8.09 | 15.92 | top 42.1% | 1,009 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.82 | 18.20 | top 66.1% | 2,618 / 3,704 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 789 / 998 |
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
- 29 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.84 at Wakefield Open 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Wakefield Open 2022.
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Competition 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017First competition: Crawley Open 2017. A 19.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Crawley Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017
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.
- James Molloy — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Stark — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.