People · United States
Jacob De La Garza
3×3 · top 0.24% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022GARZ01
Jacob De La Garza has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.47, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2025, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 167th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2022, he has put 324 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.62 in July 2022 to 5.47, a 17% improvement. Jacob has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 5.47 | 6.31 | top 0.24% | 167 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 2.71 | top 1.5% | 628 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 29.66 | 33.77 | top 2.7% | 446 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.02 | 5.82 | top 3.7% | 999 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.06 | 14.63 | top 4.6% | 663 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.25 | 1:16.03 | top 11.9% | 932 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.59 | 2:38.59 | top 28.0% | 1,010 / 4,262 |
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 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bring the Heat AZ 2025.
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at AZCubing Winter 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First competition: AZCubing Summer 2022. A 6.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bring the Heat AZ 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Prescott Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- InTents Cubing Grand Canyon 2023 · 15 Sep 2023
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Glendale 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- AZCubing Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 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.
- Ivan Vanek — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Dan Tran — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Matthew Tan — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.