People · Australia
Jacob Richardson
2×2 · top 5.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RICH13
Jacob Richardson has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Belgrave Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 102 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 5.66 | top 5.2% | 388 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 14.99 | 18.28 | top 24.5% | 2,289 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.39 | 13.43 | top 31.1% | 1,652 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.65 | 43.56 | top 66.3% | 1,585 / 2,685 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: The Big Cube Melbourne 2025. A 14.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026 · 27 Sep 2026
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
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.
- Nicholas Allen Crow — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.