People · United States
Jacob Dobson
3×3 · top 25.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DOBS01
Jacob Dobson has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.34, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts him in the top 25.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,188th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.49 in March 2025 to 15.34, a 50% improvement. Jacob has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 15.34 | 24.98 | top 25.7% | 14,188 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.49 | 11.98 | top 32.0% | 9,064 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 5.73 | 7.66 | top 48.0% | 19,780 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 10.07 | 14.72 | top 55.4% | 10,206 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 28.67 | 31.80 | top 82.7% | 7,536 / 9,172 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.34 at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.38 at Goshen Spring 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First competition: Chicagoland Newcomers 2025. A 32.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hancock County Summer 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Goshen Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 · 9 Mar 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elliott Perkins — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Dodson — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.