People · United States
Jacob Veth
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023VETH02
Jacob Veth has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Utah Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,603rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 313 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.20 in May 2023 to 8.88, a 63% improvement. Jacob has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 13.27 | top 4.6% | 2,603 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 5.00 | top 9.5% | 3,779 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 11.68 | top 26.8% | 7,455 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 6.17 | 11.63 | top 27.2% | 4,483 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.69 | 35.98 | top 41.2% | 5,598 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:08.74 | — | top 85.4% | 16,324 / 19,354 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Utah Championship 2025.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Utah Valley Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.85 at Utah Summer Side Events B 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Utah Summer Side Events B 2023.
- 19 May 2023First competition: Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023. A 24.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Summer Side Events B 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead once
- Skye Bateman — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.