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Jacob Kopelman

3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017KOPE01

Jacob Kopelman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,735th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2017, he has put 186 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.89 in April 2017 to 9.77, a 57% improvement. Jacob has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.77
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2018
186
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7711.85
top 6.8%3,735 / 59,724
2×23.124.26
top 15.6%6,111 / 40,951
Skewb5.258.11
top 20.1%3,207 / 18,907
4×450.0153.00
top 24.7%3,783 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed23.2032.27
top 29.3%3,791 / 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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 22.89Big Cube Bash 2017: 21.47Lexington Summer 2017: 20.17Cubing Knights 2017: 13.09Sharon Summer 2017: 13.44Weston Fall 2017: 10.77No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 11.76New York City Spring 2018: 10.05Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 9.97First State 2018: 10.68CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.77Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 10.819.7722.8922 Apr 201710 Nov 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.

  • AJ Kamal — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chris Chi — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.