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Jacob Tucker

3×3 · top 0.59% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023TUCK04

Jacob Tucker has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.16, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 393rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2023, he has put 448 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.51 in June 2023 to 6.16, an 18% improvement. Jacob has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.59% of 284,439 all-time
6.16
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2024
448
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.168.12
top 0.59%393 / 59,724
2×21.202.73
top 1.0%434 / 40,951
4×431.1333.95
top 3.5%565 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded31.70—
top 4.7%91 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed13.9018.15
top 5.9%827 / 15,683
Skewb3.945.82
top 10.5%1,609 / 18,907
5×51:11.821:19.65
top 12.9%996 / 9,401
Square-113.8618.33
top 13.8%945 / 6,743
Pyraminx5.387.05
top 15.6%4,105 / 28,708
Megaminx1:14.961:20.90
top 18.6%1,266 / 7,841
Clock9.5310.40
top 22.7%1,750 / 8,927
4×4 blindfolded5:12.60—
early days — 2 solves92 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 16 cubes · 51:35—
early days — 2 solves172 / 731
5×5 blindfolded12:41.00—
top 31.4%60 / 218
6×62:43.702:53.85
early days — 3 solves1,168 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 2 solves738 / 2,040
7×74:20.584:34.25
top 37.9%1,059 / 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

Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 7.51Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 8.18Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 7.72Plum Puzzles 2024: 7.42Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 6.16Cubing at Carson 2024: 6.65Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 7.79Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 8.05Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 7.06TJHSST Spring 2025: 7.096.168.183 Jun 20237 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.