People · Canada
Jacob Hobbs
2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023HOBB01
Jacob Hobbs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Vancouver Fall Fest 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 269 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in August 2023 to 11.14, a 26% improvement. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 3.59 | top 2.3% | 145 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 7.20 | top 9.9% | 361 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 11.14 | 12.92 | top 10.9% | 1,015 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.37 | 23.31 | top 18.8% | 405 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 5.87 | 9.42 | top 24.8% | 594 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.82 | 57.44 | top 26.9% | 691 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.08 | 1:51.78 | top 39.3% | 418 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.04 | 2:17.70 | top 54.3% | 713 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 44.32 | 55.57 | top 70.4% | 653 / 952 |
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
- 16 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Vancouver Fall Fest 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Six personal bests in one day at Vancouver Fall Fest 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First competition: Richmond Summer Open 2023. A 15.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Joey Hobbs — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
- Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.