People · Canada
Jacob Solomon
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014SOLO05
Jacob Solomon has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Ottawa Spring 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in Canada. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2014, he has put 278 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.65 in October 2014 to 9.60, a 76% improvement. Jacob has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 12.67 | top 6.4% | 617 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 4.74 | top 14.5% | 979 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 8.47 | top 20.2% | 459 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 9.75 | top 24.1% | 1,050 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.69 | 35.80 | top 46.0% | 1,064 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.38 | — | top 73.5% | 2,185 / 3,180 |
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 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Ottawa Spring 2024.
- 4 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2024.
- 21 May 2016Eight personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.59 at Toronto Limited Spring 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Limited Spring 2016.
- 16 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2015.
Competitions
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2019 · 18 May 2019
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018
- National Capital Region 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Montreal Open Winter 2017 · 4 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Montreal Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
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.
- Antoine Cantin — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonathan Esparaz — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Julien Gaboriaud — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.