People · United States
Jacob Donavan
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022DONA05
Jacob Donavan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Bulldog Winter 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,325th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 105 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. 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 | 10.78 | 12.35 | top 9.8% | 5,325 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 8.22 | top 20.3% | 5,449 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 47.29 | 49.46 | top 21.2% | 3,215 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 11.15 | 11.55 | top 30.8% | 2,408 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 4.35 | 5.21 | top 31.0% | 12,327 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 23.19 | 29.21 | top 35.2% | 2,278 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.31 | 1:56.49 | top 40.7% | 3,294 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,366 / 4,196 |
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
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Bluegrass Fall 2022. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Steven Wintringham — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Braden Richards — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Griesser — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.