People · United States
Jacob Lee
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LEEJ11
Jacob Lee has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.56, set at Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,231st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2016, he has put 633 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.82 in November 2016 to 7.56, a 41% improvement. Jacob has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.56 | 9.21 | top 2.1% | 1,231 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.10 | top 8.0% | 3,139 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 7.35 | top 8.3% | 2,130 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.54 | 21.29 | top 11.5% | 1,501 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 40.64 | 46.05 | top 12.9% | 1,903 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.96 | 13.85 | top 33.3% | 5,595 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.80 | 1:57.15 | top 37.5% | 2,694 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:22.26 | — | top 40.8% | 865 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.50 | 2:02.55 | top 45.6% | 3,766 / 9,401 |
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
- 30 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2019.
- 16 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Rally In The Valley 2018.
- 5 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at RVA Spring 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
- 3 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Winter 2016.
Competitions
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- MLWGS Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- MLWGS Spring 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- RVAutumn 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WFS Cubing Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Ryland Wilson — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.