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Jacob Hossler

Skewb · top 17.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016HOSS04

Jacob Hossler has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.88, set at Classic City Spooks 2017, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,729th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 150 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.35 in December 2016 to 13.75, a 41% improvement. Jacob has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 17.2% of 73,281 all-time
4.88
signature single · Classic City Spooks 2017
150
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.8813.53
top 17.2%2,729 / 18,907
3×313.7516.86
top 20.1%10,813 / 59,724
2×23.495.47
top 20.1%7,889 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.1712.33
top 54.4%15,863 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed37.5154.22
top 61.6%8,687 / 15,683
4×41:44.652:02.26
top 73.6%13,337 / 19,072

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

Athens Winter 2016: 23.35All Aboard 2017: 18.49Mountain View Open 2017: 14.34Windsor Classic 2017: 15.36No Stress Solving 2017: 17.64Cobb Cubes 2017: 15.01Classic City Spooks 2017: 13.75Whale Sounds 2018: 17.3313.7523.354 Dec 201627 Jan 2018

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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.