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Jacob Cheng

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHEN32

Jacob Cheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 884th in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 46 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.38 in May 2022 to 10.72, a 30% improvement. Jacob has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.72
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×310.7214.60
top 9.6%884 / 10,392
Pyraminx7.079.47
top 28.4%1,226 / 4,858
2×24.906.68
top 38.1%2,630 / 7,173
4×41:08.71
early days — 2 solves1,241 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed36.6149.95
top 60.1%1,433 / 2,620
Skewb15.8319.47
top 80.8%2,380 / 2,907

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

3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022: 15.38Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 10.72Open de Montréal 2023: 12.8210.7215.3829 May 202210 Jun 2023

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 0.72 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.