People · Australia
Jacob Young
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023YOUN01
Jacob Young has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.46 in January 2023 to 9.87, a 40% improvement. Jacob has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.87 | 12.07 | top 7.1% | 655 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 5.60 | top 11.4% | 850 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.76 | 42.27 | top 46.1% | 1,086 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,626 / 3,051 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.76 at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023. A 16.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 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.
- Caleb Clark — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bryan Eng — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin J. Olvida — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.