People · Germany
Jacob Cordes
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CORD05
Jacob Cordes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at German Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Germany. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2025, he has put 225 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.33 in April 2025 to 7.04, a 43% improvement. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.04 | 8.57 | top 1.4% | 77 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 30.88 | 34.29 | top 3.4% | 65 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.49 | 18.28 | top 5.2% | 77 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.46 | 1:07.00 | top 5.7% | 56 / 1,158 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.43 | top 18.7% | 641 / 2,875 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.43 | 2:32.57 | top 21.7% | 100 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.13 | 3:50.91 | early days — 3 solves | 84 / 510 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.23 | 13.42 | top 46.8% | 1,065 / 1,987 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at German Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Braunschweig Open 2026.
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.34 at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First competition: Oldenburg Oster Open 2025. A 12.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Braunschweig Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Oldenburg Oster Open 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Finn Comerford — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.