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Jacob Byford-Rew

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BYFO01

Jacob Byford-Rew has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at Lincolnshire Summer 2024, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 752nd in the United Kingdom. Across 10 competitions since October 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in October 2022 to 11.00, a 25% improvement. Jacob has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.00
signature single · Lincolnshire Summer 2024
346
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×311.0013.62
top 10.5%752 / 6,689
Pyraminx4.616.46
top 10.9%433 / 3,656
2×24.015.66
top 26.6%1,460 / 4,895
Clock11.2711.92
top 31.5%415 / 1,232
5×51:35.331:59.41
top 31.8%413 / 1,151
4×457.221:09.25
top 33.4%747 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed25.9128.44
top 36.6%650 / 1,851
7×74:28.824:40.63
top 40.7%191 / 459
Skewb8.1013.87
top 42.1%1,001 / 2,421
6×63:09.273:24.92
top 45.3%278 / 548
Square-129.0338.85
top 47.6%427 / 778
Megaminx2:26.05
early days — 1 solve690 / 966
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 2 solves259 / 372

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

Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 14.60Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 16.04Peterborough Summer 2023: 13.89Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 13.13Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 12.47Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 11.00Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 13.8111.0016.041 Oct 202211 May 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.