People · South Africa
Jake Hughes
3×3 · top 39.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025HUGH05
Jake Hughes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.84, set at Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026, puts him in the top 39.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 551st in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since August 2025, he has put 153 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.57 in August 2025 to 19.84, a 39% improvement. Jake has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.84 | 26.95 | top 39.5% | 551 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.71 | 15.42 | top 50.7% | 404 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 6.27 | 8.77 | top 53.6% | 605 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 11.14 | 17.35 | top 61.6% | 241 / 438 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.84 | 2:06.17 | top 74.3% | 299 / 491 | |
| Clock | 23.96 | 29.97 | top 74.7% | 110 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:07.76 | 1:32.34 | top 88.0% | 348 / 467 | |
| 5×5 | 3:52.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 177 / 221 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.84 at Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026.
- 24 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.59 at Cape Cubes Spring 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Spring 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Cape Cubes Winter 2025. A 32.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Spring 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Winter 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
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.
- Jesse Osburn — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jahziel Dominic Alonzo — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Regardt Reynolds — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.84 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.