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Jaden DeFazio

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015DEFA01

Jaden DeFazio has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at SacCubing XV 2023, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,903rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2015, he has put 154 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.43 in February 2015 to 9.14, a 55% improvement. Jaden has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.14
signature single · SacCubing XV 2023
154
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1410.63
top 5.2%2,903 / 59,724
2×22.873.38
top 12.8%5,017 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.339.43
top 30.6%8,526 / 28,708
Skewb7.119.67
top 34.5%5,829 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed30.6140.94
top 48.0%6,554 / 15,683
5×52:28.26
early days — 2 solves5,651 / 9,401

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

Berkeley Winter 2015: 20.43Berkeley Spring 2015: 20.43Berkeley Fall 2015: 12.09Berkeley Winter 2016: 12.67SacCubing VIII 2019: 12.06Berkeley Winter A 2023: 10.70SacCubing XV 2023: 9.14Folsom Winter 2023: 9.73UCSB Cubing 2024: 9.729.1420.4321 Feb 201519 Oct 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.