People · Luxembourg
Jacques Steichen
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023STEI14
Jacques Steichen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Hayange Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Luxembourg. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2023, he has put 242 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.57 in October 2023 to 10.73, a 45% improvement. Jacques has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 13.38 | top 9.7% | 6 / 67 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 9.71 | top 14.4% | 6 / 30 | |
| Clock | 8.72 | 9.95 | top 18.6% | 2 / 11 | |
| Skewb | 5.51 | 6.97 | top 22.1% | 6 / 21 | |
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 4.87 | top 25.3% | 16 / 51 | |
| 4×4 | 51.09 | 59.20 | top 26.0% | 6 / 27 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.66 | 31.96 | top 38.5% | 7 / 22 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.81 | 2:49.33 | top 47.3% | 9 / 15 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.11 | — | top 50.5% | 9 / 17 | |
| 7×7 | 8:44.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8 / 10 | |
| 6×6 | 6:47.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7 / 9 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 68 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 8 / 8 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hayange Open 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Vienna Autumn 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Luxembourg Nationals 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023First competition: Belgian Nationals 2023. A 20.84 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.57 at Belgian Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Flashback Collector Metz 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Vienna Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carlo Glod — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alexander Richetta — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Annika Stein — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.