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Jake M. Hanson

2×2 · top 0.41% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017HANS09

Jake M. Hanson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.92, set at Lexington Winter 2025, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,449 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.12 in June 2017 to 7.93, an 84% improvement. Jake has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.41% of 186,767 all-time
0.92
signature single · Lexington Winter 2025
1,449
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.922.88
top 0.41%175 / 40,951
Pyraminx1.502.70
top 0.42%132 / 28,708
Skewb1.812.99
top 0.95%144 / 18,907
3×37.9310.78
top 2.7%1,539 / 59,724
Megaminx1:19.171:31.93
top 21.2%1,465 / 7,841
Clock9.8312.71
top 24.2%1,859 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.3732.41
top 32.5%4,248 / 15,683
4×459.601:09.93
top 36.1%5,813 / 19,072
5×51:51.402:13.13
top 43.6%3,571 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves44.67
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
Square-133.7037.92
top 56.3%3,723 / 6,743
6×66:53.89—
early days — 3 solves3,966 / 4,196

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

Queen City 2017: 48.12Rocky Top 2017: 26.96Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 16.23Music City Speedsolving 2018: 14.11Rocky Top 2018: 14.16Florence Winter 2019: 11.15Derby City Open 2019: 12.56Cubing For Kyle 2019: 13.02Wildcat Spring 2019: 11.65Music City Speedsolving 2019: 12.06Rocky Top 2019: 10.18No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 11.98Rocky Top 2021: 11.50Gem City 2022: 12.63Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 10.35Bluegrass Spring 2022: 9.45CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 9.64Cubing in the Ville 2022: 10.15Rocky Top 2022: 9.88FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 9.76Bluegrass Bash 2023: 8.79Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 10.47Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023: 7.93Flex in Lex 2023: 10.08Rocky Top 2023: 9.54Across the Woods Kentucky B 2023: 8.91Megamania in Louisville 2024: 10.91CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 10.54Flex in Lex 2024: 10.32Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 9.81Lexington Winter 2025: 8.357.9348.123 Jun 201727 Dec 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.