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Jacob Reese

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023REES05

Jacob Reese has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,529th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2023, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in August 2023 to 8.86, a 48% improvement. Jacob has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.86
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8612.86
top 4.5%2,529 / 59,724
2×26.058.19
top 51.4%20,959 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.4014.10
top 56.1%16,407 / 28,708

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

Chemung Cubing 2023: 17.19Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 8.868.8617.195 Aug 202314 Aug 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.

  • Kerry Go — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Ernie Pulchny — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Evan Liu — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.