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Jacob Henderson-Smith

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022HEND06

Jacob Henderson-Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Saint John's Scramble 2023, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,854th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2022, he has put 107 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.16 in July 2022 to 10.47, a 39% improvement. Jacob has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Saint John's Scramble 2023
107
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.4715.68
top 8.9%4,854 / 59,724
2×24.715.43
top 35.6%14,236 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.5114.23
top 49.1%14,247 / 28,708
4×41:22.93
top 58.3%10,078 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.8141.60
top 58.7%8,204 / 15,683
Skewb11.3314.09
top 62.6%11,593 / 18,907

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

Owings Mills Summer 2022: 17.16Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023: 14.22Saint John's Scramble 2023: 10.47Mystic Cubikon 2023: 14.0310.4717.1616 Jul 202220 Aug 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.