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Jacob Knutson

2×2 · top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022KNUT02

Jacob Knutson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Cubetcha 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,790th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2022, he has put 38 official solves on the record across six events. Jacob has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.57
signature single · Cubetcha 2023
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.577.70
top 9.6%3,790 / 40,951
3×325.2329.71
top 53.1%31,096 / 59,724
Skewb14.2419.45
top 75.7%14,352 / 18,907
4×42:01.74
early days — 1 solve15,386 / 19,072
Pyraminx16.3518.27
top 86.1%25,370 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed1:20.40
early days — 2 solves14,250 / 15,683

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

Side Events Minnesota 2022: 27.63Cubetcha 2023: 25.2325.2327.6320 Aug 202228 Oct 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.