People · United Kingdom
Jacob Walton
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022WALT09
Jacob Walton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at Battersea Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 407th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2022, he has put 443 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.54 in September 2022 to 9.26, a 44% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.26 | 11.31 | top 5.5% | 407 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.45 | top 7.8% | 533 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.22 | 1:19.26 | top 11.1% | 151 / 1,151 | |
| 4×4 | 40.68 | 45.91 | top 12.9% | 299 / 2,071 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.75 | 2:31.04 | top 19.4% | 115 / 548 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.14 | 6.85 | top 21.0% | 818 / 3,656 | |
| 7×7 | 3:44.75 | 3:56.81 | top 25.2% | 121 / 459 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 24.62 | top 27.9% | 511 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 10.70 | 13.13 | top 28.6% | 377 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.92 | — | top 38.6% | 434 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 7.73 | 10.74 | top 39.3% | 929 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 44.67 | top 55.5% | 226 / 372 | |
| Square-1 | 40.23 | — | top 65.7% | 536 / 778 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:56.70 | — | early days — 3 solves | 287 / 311 |
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 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Manchester 7x7 Day 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Wakefield Summer 2024.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Brent Cross Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester 7x7 Day 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Wakefield Autumn 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.