People · United States
Jacob Yelverton
Pyraminx · top 6.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YELV01
Jacob Yelverton has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.78, set at Magnolia State Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,695th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2018, he has put 373 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in April 2018 to 14.84, a 50% improvement. Jacob has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 7.69 | top 6.6% | 1,695 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.76 | 10.14 | top 18.8% | 1,432 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.08 | top 19.7% | 7,726 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.84 | 16.85 | top 23.9% | 12,951 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.87 | 11.14 | top 47.6% | 8,431 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.05 | 1:25.60 | top 50.7% | 8,564 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,922 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:10.83 | 3:41.34 | top 77.9% | 6,126 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 6:26.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,877 / 4,196 |
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
- 30 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Magnolia State Cubing 2026.
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Magnolia State Cubing 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Lexington Winter 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.90 at Solving at Sycamore TN 2024.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Magnolia State Cubing 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Payne Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving at Sycamore TN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Buccaneer Bonanza 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wolfpack Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rocket City 3.0 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Mullen — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nate Hunter — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.