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Jake Roberts

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016ROBE02

Jake Roberts has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,014th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2016, he has put 474 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.58 in March 2016 to 8.41, a 49% improvement. Jake has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.41
signature single · Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023
474
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.4110.69
top 3.6%2,014 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.6519.17
top 3.9%569 / 15,683
2×22.444.20
top 8.3%3,280 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.588.57
top 10.7%2,793 / 28,708
4×444.2159.76
top 17.3%2,633 / 19,072
Clock9.1711.02
top 20.9%1,608 / 8,927
Skewb6.2311.93
top 27.6%4,504 / 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

AZCubing Winter 2016: 16.58AZCubing Summer 2016: 13.18AZCubing Summer 2022: 10.70BeCubed Summer 2022: 10.54AZCubing Winter 2022: 10.65Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 10.52Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023: 10.22You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 10.20BeCubed Spring 2023: 9.90Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 10.13Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 9.62Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 9.52Cubing in Glendale 2023: 10.08Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 8.41CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.358.4116.585 Mar 201627 Jul 2023

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.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Dan Tran — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jeremy Bulambot — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.