People · United States
Jake McCathran
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MCCA07
Jake McCathran has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Solving in Shreveport 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,331st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.39 in March 2019 to 8.70, a 73% improvement. Jake has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.70 | 9.63 | top 4.2% | 2,331 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.02 | top 9.6% | 3,790 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 11.10 | top 24.3% | 6,621 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 59.84 | 1:07.38 | top 36.3% | 5,851 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.41 | 12.70 | top 51.2% | 9,180 / 18,907 |
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
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 13.61 at Houston Winter 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at Houston Winter 2020.
- 18 May 2019First sub-30 3×3: 22.77 at Lone Star Cubing 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First competition: Katy Cubing 2019. A 32.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Solving in Shreveport 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Lone Star Cubing 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Katy Cubing 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Dylan Miller — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Riley Norrid — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- RJ Gohn — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.