People · United States
Jacob Lovel
2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LOVE04
Jacob Lovel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 909th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2023, he has put 366 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.29 in March 2023 to 11.75, a 32% improvement. Jacob has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 1.53 | 4.67 | top 2.3% | 909 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.75 | 14.83 | top 13.0% | 6,979 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 9.37 | top 14.8% | 3,885 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.13 | 53.58 | top 55.7% | 7,709 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.30 | 1:44.07 | top 65.3% | 11,526 / 19,072 |
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
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Day 2023.
- 29 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: SPAMtown Cubing 2023. A 22.02 3×3 single to start from.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.29 at SPAMtown Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024 · 12 Aug 2024
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Slice 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Elite in Eagan 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Meetup III Tuesday 2024 · 2 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Side Events Minnesota 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SPAMtown II 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023 · 29 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SPAMtown Cubing 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Nathan Rahn — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joseph Ong — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.