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Jacob Hughes

Clock · top 0.79% of 32,817 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023HUGH01

Jacob Hughes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.03, set at Gouverneur Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in the United States. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2023, he has put 568 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.69 in February 2023 to 7.66, a 66% improvement. Jacob has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.79% of 32,817 all-time
3.03
signature single · Gouverneur Sprint 2026
568
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock3.034.65
top 0.79%77 / 9,172
2×21.353.00
top 1.6%636 / 41,674
Pyraminx2.424.62
top 2.0%534 / 29,168
3×37.669.90
top 2.2%1,356 / 60,666
Megaminx44.5153.52
top 2.9%208 / 8,026
Square-19.2913.08
top 4.9%366 / 6,846
4×435.4942.74
top 7.2%1,126 / 19,354
Skewb3.875.64
top 10.1%1,563 / 19,164
3×3 blindfolded57.33—
top 12.2%239 / 2,128
5×51:13.481:25.48
top 14.3%1,106 / 9,537
7×73:17.713:22.63
top 15.6%444 / 3,236
6×62:10.382:21.55
top 15.6%564 / 4,262
3×3 one-handed20.8227.65
top 22.8%2,964 / 15,900
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves51.00
top 33.6%746 / 2,059

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

Canton Cube Day 2023: 22.69Marble City Cubing 2023: 14.44Lake Placid 2023: 14.08Gouverneur 2024: 10.41Gouverneur Quick & Quiet 2024: 10.70Be Placid in Lake Placid 2024: 8.81Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 9.16Gouverneur Summer 2025: 9.48Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025: 10.37Potsdam Puzzling 2026: 8.96Marble City Cubing NY 2026: 11.51Garland City NY 2026: 7.66Gouverneur Sprint 2026: 8.567.6622.6925 Feb 202319 Sep 2026

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Rémi Chrétien — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 19 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.