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Jai Hobbs

2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022HOBB01

Jai Hobbs has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2023, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 550th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2022, he has put 823 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.44 in January 2022 to 9.96, a 59% improvement. Jai has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.33
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2023
823
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.333.42
top 7.3%550 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.937.37
top 7.3%332 / 5,993
3×39.9612.00
top 7.3%687 / 11,709
Skewb3.927.39
top 10.3%266 / 3,534
Megaminx1:01.701:08.70
top 10.9%134 / 1,277
Square-112.9216.19
top 11.7%122 / 899
Clock7.829.65
top 14.3%165 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed19.7023.04
top 19.7%446 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves36.67
top 26.7%132 / 468
4×452.411:01.35
top 27.7%720 / 3,051
5×51:53.522:07.78
top 45.0%611 / 1,356
6×64:20.41—
early days — 3 solves451 / 641
7×76:22.25—
top 72.7%349 / 523

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

Melbourne Summer 2022: 24.44Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 17.38Solving in Sale 2022: 19.05Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 16.13Victorian Open 2022: 17.49Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 14.96Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 15.99Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 15.99Melbourne Summer 2023: 12.75Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 13.04Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 15.22Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 14.45Solving in Sale 2023: 14.04Victorian Open 2023: 12.02Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 12.24Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 11.32Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.74Kensington May Sunday 2024: 9.96Melbourne Summer 2025: 11.34North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 10.349.9624.4421 Jan 20228 Mar 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.