People · Australia
Jacob Lim
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025LIMJ04
Jacob Lim has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at WA State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 484th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 91 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.75 in September 2025 to 9.94, a 22% improvement. Jacob has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.75 | top 6.5% | 484 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 12.32 | top 7.3% | 679 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 6.89 | top 12.9% | 614 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 55.60 | 59.39 | top 31.5% | 822 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.05 | 36.75 | top 37.0% | 845 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.80 | 2:14.86 | top 51.0% | 692 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 11.28 | 16.58 | top 62.3% | 2,070 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,023 / 1,277 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Perth Summer 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Perth Summer 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: WA State Championship 2025. A 14.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Freo Cube-Off 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Perth Summer 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- WA State Championship 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Joel Harrop — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Marlon Spotkaeff — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ameen Nethaka Abhayasinghe — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.