People · Australia
Jacob Carroll
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022CARR15
Jacob Carroll has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.58, set at Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 219th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 146 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.77 in June 2022 to 7.58, a 62% improvement. Jacob has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.58 | 9.35 | top 2.1% | 219 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.13 | top 11.0% | 825 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 8.41 | top 22.5% | 1,125 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 51.06 | 1:12.46 | top 26.0% | 668 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.36 | 31.09 | top 29.7% | 677 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.08 | — | top 43.3% | 583 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 11.34 | 21.40 | top 62.7% | 2,083 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.41 | — | early days — 3 solves | 811 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 5:28.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 554 / 641 |
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
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024.
- 20 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023.
- 16 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.55 at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022.
- 16 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022.
Competitions
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- NSW Open 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kirschner — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Christopher Reid — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.