People · United States
Jacob McKaughan
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019MCKA04
Jacob McKaughan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Woonsocket Cubikon 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2019, he has put 310 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.29 in August 2019 to 8.99, a 71% improvement. Jacob has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.99 | 10.58 | top 4.8% | 2,701 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.82 | top 7.5% | 2,957 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.88 | 28.55 | top 17.5% | 2,253 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.83 | 48.35 | top 20.6% | 3,125 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 8.58 | top 21.2% | 5,687 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 20.81 | 25.44 | top 29.8% | 1,933 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 10.66 | top 31.3% | 5,198 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.27 | — | top 45.8% | 3,366 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.51 | 2:07.70 | top 49.0% | 4,106 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 15.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,028 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 4:53.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,210 / 4,196 |
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
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Amherst Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Westport Summer 2022.
- 27 May 2022Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Maine Spring 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 18.03 at Cubing with the Viking 2020.
Competitions
- Woonsocket Cubikon 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maine Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Derek White — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.