People · United States
Jacob Rife
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015RIFE01
Jacob Rife has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,942nd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2015, he has put 100 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in October 2015 to 10.47, a 59% improvement. Jacob has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.47 | 14.59 | top 8.9% | 4,942 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 3.89 | top 15.0% | 5,968 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.32 | 7.46 | top 15.2% | 4,059 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 8.72 | 15.67 | top 46.6% | 8,368 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.21 | 1:20.30 | top 51.8% | 8,887 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.79 | 36.25 | top 55.1% | 7,749 / 15,900 |
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
- 4 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-20 3×3: 14.36 at ODU Big Blue Spring 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at ODU Big Blue Spring 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: ODU Big Blue Open 2015. A 25.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Duke Summer 2016 · 11 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
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.
- Austin Settle — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Maggie Jordan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.