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Jacob Hillner

Skewb · top 23.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016HILL08

Jacob Hillner has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.67, set at DFW Minicomp C 2024, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,722nd in the United States. Across 13 competitions since July 2016, he has put 210 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.47 in July 2016 to 23.85, a 49% improvement. Jacob has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 23.2% of 73,281 all-time
5.67
signature single · DFW Minicomp C 2024
210
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb5.678.93
top 23.2%3,722 / 18,907
3×323.8527.25
top 50.0%29,147 / 59,724
2×26.068.44
top 51.5%21,001 / 40,951
Pyraminx11.3017.88
top 62.6%18,435 / 28,708
Megaminx4:17.06
early days — 2 solves7,424 / 7,841

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

Westlake Open 2016: 46.47Oklahoma Fall 2016: 39.78Dallas Fall 2016: 43.22Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017: 41.32Parity for Charity 2017: 35.30Spring Forward 2018: 29.39DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 31.37Trinity Valley Open 2018: 28.98Dallas Winter 2018: 33.27Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 29.68DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 25.14DFW Minicomp C 2024: 23.85DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 24.0523.8546.4723 Jul 20166 Apr 2024

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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.