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Jacob Russell

Skewb · top 2.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017RUSS04

Jacob Russell has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at South East Louisiana Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 335th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2017, he has put 581 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.94 in July 2017 to 7.97, a 73% improvement. Jacob has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.3% of 73,281 all-time
2.31
signature single · South East Louisiana Open 2025
581
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.318.15
top 2.3%335 / 18,907
3×37.9712.19
top 2.7%1,573 / 59,724
Megaminx45.4449.96
top 3.3%236 / 7,841
4×439.0542.01
top 11.0%1,626 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.777.25
top 11.8%3,059 / 28,708
2×22.944.52
top 13.6%5,331 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed20.1823.56
top 20.9%2,680 / 15,683
5×51:25.251:34.79
top 23.5%1,817 / 9,401
Clock13.5116.17
top 41.8%3,347 / 8,927
6×64:03.52—
early days — 2 solves2,586 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,479 / 2,040
7×77:40.50—
early days — 2 solves2,740 / 3,184

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

Cajun Cube Clash 2017: 29.94Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018: 21.44Cubalaya 2019: 17.33Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023: 9.79Bayou Big Cubes 2024: 11.33Red Stick Spring 2024: 7.97Louisiana Championship 2024: 11.86Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024: 12.89Cajun Cube Clash 2024: 11.28Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024: 11.24Mississippi Championship 2025: 11.74South East Louisiana Open 2025: 11.28Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025: 11.66CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 11.577.9729.9422 Jul 201718 Jul 2025

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.

  • Ordway Persyn — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • RJ Gohn — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Seth Talbot — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 28 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.