People · United States
Jacob Olinger
3×3 one-handed · top 6.8% of 74,621 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022OLIN01
Jacob Olinger has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.31, set at North Carolina Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 931st in the United States. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 130 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.16 in January 2022 to 10.12, a 37% improvement. Jacob has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 one-handed | 14.31 | 19.64 | top 6.8% | 931 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 12.64 | top 7.9% | 4,382 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.27 | top 11.0% | 4,393 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.17 | 7.37 | top 19.5% | 3,146 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 18.34 | 21.62 | top 24.2% | 1,611 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 50.25 | 56.58 | top 25.1% | 3,897 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.08 | 1:37.10 | top 25.9% | 2,044 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.27 | 2:08.93 | top 47.1% | 3,556 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,743 / 4,262 |
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
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2025.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.41 at GA Cubers Pride 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at GA Cubers Pride 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022First competition: GA Cubers Greetings 2022. A 16.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Queen City NC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Pride 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Greetings 2022 · 29 Jan 2022
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Ochs — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kerry Creech — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.31 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.