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Jacob Faulkner

Skewb · top 9.6% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019FAUL01

Jacob Faulkner has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at Golden Touch 2024, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,492nd in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2019, he has put 443 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.93 in March 2019 to 12.98, a 31% improvement. Jacob has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.6% of 74,164 all-time
3.80
signature single · Golden Touch 2024
443
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.8013.33
top 9.6%1,492 / 19,164
3×312.9816.79
top 17.4%9,461 / 60,666
Pyraminx5.8310.32
top 18.8%5,080 / 29,168
2×23.565.21
top 21.0%8,340 / 41,674
5×51:31.971:40.03
top 29.0%2,307 / 9,537
4×454.441:00.45
top 30.2%4,786 / 19,354
6×63:02.133:19.20
top 42.1%1,575 / 4,262
7×74:47.155:05.16
top 46.9%1,388 / 3,236
3×3 one-handed32.6740.87
top 52.8%7,387 / 15,900
Square-141.5558.84
top 67.3%4,481 / 6,846
Clock23.2626.14
top 73.1%6,520 / 9,172
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,548 / 2,059

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

Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 18.93Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 18.32The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 16.71Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023: 17.05CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 14.80Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 13.95Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 14.76Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 14.71Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 15.15Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 16.85Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024: 14.04Don't Blow Away Casper 2024: 12.98Golden Touch 2024: 15.98Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 15.42DeNxNver 2025: 14.8912.9818.9330 Mar 20191 Feb 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.