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Jacob Nobili

3×3 · top 0.33% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019NOBI01

Jacob Nobili has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since March 2019, he has put 3,771 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.81 in March 2019 to 5.70, a 75% improvement. Jacob has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.33% of 284,439 all-time
5.70
signature single · PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025
3,771
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.707.79
top 0.33%221 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed8.6112.78
top 0.35%54 / 15,683
2×20.962.13
top 0.48%199 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.163.87
top 1.4%385 / 28,708
Skewb2.424.67
top 2.6%388 / 18,907
4×433.3538.58
top 5.2%810 / 19,072
Clock5.986.86
top 7.2%563 / 8,927
Square-111.9719.97
top 9.8%691 / 6,743
Megaminx1:03.801:13.20
top 12.0%814 / 7,841
5×51:11.341:27.29
top 12.6%967 / 9,401
6×63:09.713:19.29
top 45.5%1,686 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves43.67
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
7×75:26.836:16.21
top 58.8%1,754 / 3,184

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

Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 22.81Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 20.94Pittsburgh Summer 2019: 16.56Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 17.95CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.53Indiana 2019: 14.61Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 13.41Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 12.20Kent Fall 2019: 12.02Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 10.16No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 11.28Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 10.69Country Roads Martinsburg 2020: 12.05Arnold Classic North America A 2020: 11.09Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 8.93Bulldog Winter 2022: 8.80Gem City 2022: 8.29Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 5.94Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 8.19Bulldog Spring 2022: 7.69Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 7.32Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 7.81Howland Returns 2022: 7.61Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 8.50Pretzel Mania 2022: 7.05Ohio Valley Open 2022: 7.14Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 8.53Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 7.72River Hill Fall 2022: 8.15Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 8.52Pretzel Mania 2023: 7.56NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 8.40Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 8.20Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 8.20CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 8.14Flag City Summer 2023: 8.07CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.83Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 7.80Bulldog Fall 2023: 7.78Ohio State Fall 2023: 8.24Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 7.51Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 7.50CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 7.71ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 9.00New-Cumberland County 2024: 7.92Plum Puzzles 2024: 7.32Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 6.86Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.21CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 7.66Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 8.22Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 7.26Fast in Fayette 2024: 8.02Ohio State Winter 2025: 7.42PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 5.70Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 7.51Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 6.61Axemann 2025: 7.40Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.27Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 6.85More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 6.18Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 7.32Axemann Fall 2025: 6.85Northern Tier Twist 2025: 6.85Ohio Championship 2025: 6.16Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 6.89New Martinsville Newcomers 2026: 6.60Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026: 7.57Return to Green OH 2026: 7.08Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026: 7.07Axemann Summer 2026: 7.32Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.845.7022.819 Mar 20192 Jul 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.