People · United States
Jacob Elspas
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015ELSP01
Jacob Elspas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at Manhattan Mini D 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2015, he has put 241 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.42 in February 2015 to 7.73, a 66% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.51 | 5.96 | top 2.2% | 596 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 7.73 | 11.59 | top 2.4% | 1,415 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 10.04 | 16.11 | top 6.1% | 459 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 38.07 | 43.28 | top 9.9% | 1,507 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.48 | 19.05 | top 13.8% | 1,816 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 8.18 | 11.16 | top 16.0% | 1,250 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 4.80 | top 26.9% | 10,797 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.15 | 7.42 | top 27.0% | 4,448 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.01 | 1:33.22 | top 27.4% | 2,173 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.50 | 1:36.76 | top 28.6% | 2,026 / 8,026 |
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
- 14 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024.
- 10 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.73 at Manhattan Mini D 2023.
- 10 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Manhattan Mini D 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Jay House of Cubes 2023.
- 2 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2018.
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2017.
Competitions
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Amod Mathur — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Evan Liu — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.