People · United States
Jacob Snyder
2×2 · top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024SNYD01
Jacob Snyder has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,543rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2024, he has put 217 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.35 in January 2024 to 15.78, a 57% improvement. Jacob has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.75 | top 9.0% | 3,543 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.78 | 18.38 | top 27.1% | 14,815 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.64 | 12.04 | top 33.2% | 9,341 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.16 | 1:47.71 | top 59.2% | 10,253 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.43 at Cubing in the Ocean County 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First competition: GCU Winter 2024. A 36.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LCCC Cubing Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Gesmundo — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.