People · United States
Jake Gorstan
3×3 · top 31.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024GORS01
Jake Gorstan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.19, set at UMBC Fall 2026, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,774th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.58 in August 2024 to 17.19, a 33% improvement. Jake has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.19 | 22.46 | top 31.7% | 17,774 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 8.35 | 11.94 | top 70.0% | 29,418 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:19.86 | 1:26.48 | top 92.4% | 14,421 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 19.74 | 32.31 | top 92.6% | 27,564 / 29,168 |
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
- 10 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.36 at UMBC Spring 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Pretzel Mania Summer 2024. A 25.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shvant Gode — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Panashe Sharma — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.