People · United States
Jacob Gates
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025GATE02
Jacob Gates has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,001st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2025, he has put 476 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.10 in March 2025 to 8.40, a 44% improvement. Jacob has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.40 | 10.41 | top 3.5% | 2,001 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.46 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.06 | 8.94 | top 11.3% | 1,740 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 9.93 | top 16.8% | 4,461 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.71 | 26.96 | top 30.7% | 3,968 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 55.52 | 1:02.84 | top 31.4% | 4,950 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.86 | 2:15.43 | top 47.9% | 4,002 / 9,401 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.95 at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2025.
Competitions
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on the Green MN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Madison Manor Warmup 2025 · 23 Jun 2025
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Minnesota Slice 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Kaius Young — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.