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Jake Buckley

Clock · top 2.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017BUCK01

Jake Buckley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.10, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,018 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.45 in February 2017 to 8.92, a 38% improvement. Jake has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 2.5% of 32,048 all-time
4.10
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025
1,018
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock4.105.68
top 2.5%216 / 8,927
3×38.9210.57
top 4.7%2,611 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.8217.97
top 7.8%1,040 / 15,683
2×22.583.91
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.866.37
top 12.3%3,207 / 28,708
4×441.0749.94
top 13.4%1,992 / 19,072
Skewb4.726.61
top 16.1%2,530 / 18,907
5×51:16.151:22.07
top 16.2%1,260 / 9,401
Megaminx1:14.881:18.83
top 18.6%1,264 / 7,841
6×62:26.532:34.95
top 23.8%842 / 4,196
7×73:53.924:26.04
top 28.4%796 / 3,184
Square-133.9237.70
top 56.6%3,744 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,801 / 2,040

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

Mishawaka Winter 2017: 14.45Dixon Spring 2017: 14.49CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 13.91Bulldog Cubing 2017: 11.62Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 11.01UIUC Spring 2018: 12.75CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 11.23CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.99West Branch 2019: 10.49Cubing Peoria 2019: 11.02CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 10.34Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 10.73UIUC Fall 2019: 10.54Cubing Peoria 2020: 9.51NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 10.07CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 9.66Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 9.63NxNaperville 2022: 9.49Cubing Peoria 2022: 9.66Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 10.69UIUC Fall 2022: 10.34Concordia Turning 2022: 8.92Naperville Winter B 2022: 10.22CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 9.538.9214.4918 Feb 20171 Aug 2025

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-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.