People · United Kingdom
Jacob Payne
2×2 · top 0.77% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PAYN05
Jacob Payne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Stevenage November 2023, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2022, he has put 749 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.18 in October 2022 to 8.61, a 67% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.10 | 2.31 | top 0.77% | 62 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 8.61 | 10.65 | top 4.0% | 326 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 3.49 | 4.63 | top 7.7% | 176 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 6.32 | 8.15 | top 8.4% | 113 / 1,255 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.60 | 8.06 | top 17.1% | 672 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 47.01 | 54.72 | top 20.9% | 476 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.16 | 23.81 | top 20.9% | 398 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.58 | 1:35.32 | top 27.4% | 326 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.13 | — | top 53.9% | 674 / 1,167 |
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
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage November 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Six personal bests in one day at Reading Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 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.
- Xavier Morgan — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- James Alonso — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.