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Jacob Mercer

3×3 · top 61.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013MERC02

Jacob Mercer has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.24, set at Nottingham Summer 2014, puts him in the top 61.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,329th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since June 2013, he has put 23 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.47 in June 2013 to 29.24, a 13% improvement. Jacob has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 61.2% of 284,439 all-time
29.24
signature single · Nottingham Summer 2014
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×329.2433.80
top 61.2%4,329 / 6,689
Clock30.08
early days — 2 solves1,059 / 1,232
3×3 one-handed1:05.27
early days — 2 solves1,631 / 1,851
5×53:53.27
top 90.9%1,110 / 1,151

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

Cambridge Open 2013: 33.47Oxford Open 2014: 32.94Nottingham Summer 2014: 29.2429.2433.4715 Jun 201314 Jun 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.24 away.
  • A sub-30 Clock single — 27,009 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.