People · United States
Jacob Callahan
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019CALL05
Jacob Callahan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Utah Summer Side Events A 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,084th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2019, he has put 421 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.52 in September 2019 to 8.44, a 57% 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 | 8.44 | 11.85 | top 3.6% | 2,084 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 4.53 | top 4.2% | 1,659 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.57 | 6.58 | top 8.2% | 1,287 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.43 | 1:19.09 | top 16.6% | 1,148 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 9.15 | 10.01 | top 20.7% | 1,621 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 17.20 | 22.66 | top 21.4% | 1,438 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 52.25 | 58.12 | top 27.6% | 4,305 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.28 | 1:47.82 | top 28.4% | 2,258 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.52 | 27.41 | top 33.0% | 4,378 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.67 | 11.94 | top 42.0% | 12,242 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.75 | 3:15.57 | top 46.2% | 1,737 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:05.04 | 5:07.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,550 / 3,236 |
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
- 30 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.44 at Utah Summer Side Events A 2023.
- 30 Jun 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Utah Summer Side Events A 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Six personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2022.
- 20 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022.
Competitions
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Summer Side Events A 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Perfect Vision Provo 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Big and Skewb Utah 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Resticker Utah 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Cade Beck — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.