People · United States
Jacob Livai
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016LIVA02
Jacob Livai has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 930th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2016, he has put 394 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in September 2016 to 7.17, a 60% improvement. Jacob has entered 19 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 | 7.17 | 10.76 | top 1.5% | 930 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.19 | top 3.6% | 1,427 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.07 | 9.44 | top 5.3% | 822 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 36.25 | 44.75 | top 7.9% | 1,199 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.99 | 19.66 | top 12.5% | 1,625 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 7.52 | top 14.4% | 3,762 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 14.65 | 18.16 | top 15.6% | 1,052 / 6,743 |
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
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Lower Moreland Winter 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lower Moreland Winter 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lower Moreland Fall 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Winter 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.31 at Maryland 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dunkirk Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rockville Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 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.
- Will Callan — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dana Yi — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Keaton Ellis — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.