People · Germany
Jacob Cordes
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 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 288,433 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 7 competitions since April 2025, he has put 266 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 36,406 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 seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 28.83 | 34.29 | top 2.2% | 48 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.49 | 18.28 | top 5.3% | 78 / 1,328 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.46 | 1:07.00 | top 5.9% | 56 / 1,175 | |
| 7×7 | 3:16.80 | 3:36.57 | top 15.3% | 59 / 521 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.43 | top 18.8% | 657 / 2,931 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.43 | 2:27.34 | top 21.9% | 101 / 595 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.23 | 13.42 | top 46.8% | 1,082 / 2,020 |
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
- Bremium Mega Day 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Hannes Müller — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.