People · United Kingdom
Jake Craig Watson
2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024WATS12
Jake Craig Watson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Chichester April 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 290 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in August 2024 to 10.26, a 40% improvement. Jake 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.68 | top 7.1% | 495 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 11.69 | top 8.2% | 599 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 42.36 | 46.79 | top 14.9% | 347 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.75 | 9.12 | top 18.1% | 707 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.18 | 29.20 | top 18.3% | 345 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.49 | 1:22.88 | top 18.7% | 247 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 16.45 | 21.90 | top 19.7% | 197 / 778 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.06 | 1:30.31 | top 21.9% | 257 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.76 | 2:38.65 | top 26.0% | 158 / 548 | |
| Skewb | 7.44 | 9.46 | top 37.0% | 879 / 2,421 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.73 | 4:44.47 | early days — 3 solves | 215 / 459 | |
| Clock | 15.61 | 17.56 | top 50.3% | 664 / 1,232 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Chichester April 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage December 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.52 at Wiltshire September 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire September 2024.
Competitions
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Wiltshire September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Adam Stringer — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- James Alonso — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xavier Morgan — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.