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Jacob Yelverton

Pyraminx · top 6.6% of 130,891 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 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,727th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2018, he has put 416 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 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 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.6% of 130,891 all-time
3.78
signature single · Magnolia State Cubing 2026
416
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.787.69
top 6.6%1,727 / 29,168
Clock8.769.91
top 18.7%1,452 / 9,172
2×23.465.08
top 19.8%7,853 / 41,674
3×314.8416.85
top 24.0%13,205 / 60,666
Skewb8.8711.14
top 47.6%8,568 / 19,164
4×41:14.051:25.60
top 50.8%8,695 / 19,354
Square-137.9347.89
top 62.7%4,199 / 6,846
5×52:56.82—
top 77.1%7,034 / 9,537
Megaminx3:10.833:41.34
top 78.0%6,266 / 8,026
6×66:26.84—
early days — 1 solve3,938 / 4,262

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

Rocket City 3.0 2018: 29.68Wolfpack Winter 2019: 26.94Buccaneer Bonanza 2019: 33.64Solving at Sycamore TN 2024: 17.90Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 18.50Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 20.57See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025: 19.85Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 16.22North Carolina Championship 2025: 18.00CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 17.30Fort Payne Summer 2025: 18.41Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 20.62Lexington Winter 2025: 16.64The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026: 16.90Magnolia State Cubing 2026: 14.84Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 18.27Alabama Championship 2026: 15.3114.8433.6421 Apr 201812 Sep 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.