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Jacob Swartz

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019SWAR01

Jacob Swartz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since February 2019, he has put 687 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.99 in February 2019 to 11.70, a 67% improvement. Jacob has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.97
signature single · Canadian Prairie Championship 2024
687
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.973.93
top 4.5%284 / 7,173
Skewb3.284.77
top 6.5%118 / 2,907
Pyraminx3.808.14
top 6.7%231 / 4,858
Clock6.288.92
top 8.2%59 / 1,029
3×311.7014.73
top 12.8%1,222 / 10,392
4×41:00.681:07.85
top 37.2%986 / 3,118
5×52:15.382:18.43
top 58.4%771 / 1,499
Megaminx2:28.082:52.90
top 60.3%716 / 1,375
3×3 one-handed38.8352.91
top 63.7%1,539 / 2,620
6×64:37.214:45.64
top 76.5%455 / 665
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves57.00
top 76.8%229 / 283
Square-11:02.24—
top 85.0%787 / 952
7×77:49.518:32.61
top 87.1%415 / 503

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

Canada's Wild West 2019: 35.99Foothills Final Fight 2019: 34.84Solved Central Alberta 2019: 24.15Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020: 26.80Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 14.71Edmonton Summer Twist 2022: 16.61Sylvan Solves 2022: 15.85Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 16.25Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023: 14.65Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023: 14.49Solved Central Alberta 2023: 14.14Canadian Championship 2023: 15.03Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 13.80Foothills NxNs 2023: 12.91Afraid in Airdrie 2023: 11.70Battle of Alberta 2024: 15.83Solved Central Alberta 2024: 13.35Airdrie NxNs 2024: 14.41Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 12.28Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 12.79Calgary Summer A 2025: 12.17Solved Central Alberta 2025: 13.73Calgary Spring 2026: 13.0911.7035.999 Feb 20197 Mar 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.