People · United States
Jacob Lester
2×2 · top 24.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016LEST01
Jacob Lester has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.87, set at Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026, puts him in the top 24.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,738th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since January 2016, he has put 166 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 20.72 in January 2016 to 3.87, an 81% improvement. Jacob has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 6.46 | top 24.8% | 9,738 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 24.06 | 26.01 | top 50.5% | 29,481 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.92 | 13.84 | top 52.4% | 15,257 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.74 | 15.37 | top 59.4% | 10,886 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 30.82 | 36.82 | top 85.4% | 7,598 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:11.08 | — | top 89.5% | 13,657 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Woods OH 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.70 at Morrow Mixup Mania 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Morrow Mixup Mania 2026.
- 9 Jan 2016First competition: Queen City 2016. A 50.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Morrow Mixup Mania 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Eastwood Mall Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Ohio State Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Blantucky Derby 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Cuyahoga Cubing 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Nolan Wood — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zach Baruch — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.