People · United States
Jake Roberts
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016ROBE02
Jake Roberts has been competing for 11 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,052nd 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 10.69 | top 3.6% | 2,052 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.65 | 19.17 | top 3.9% | 582 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 4.20 | top 8.4% | 3,340 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 8.57 | top 10.7% | 2,846 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 44.21 | 59.76 | top 17.4% | 2,672 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 9.17 | 11.02 | top 20.8% | 1,633 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 6.23 | 11.93 | top 27.7% | 4,572 / 19,164 |
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
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at BeCubed Spring 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at BeCubed Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at AZCubing Summer 2022.
- 6 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at AZCubing Summer 2016.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Glendale 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023
- BeCubed Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- AZCubing Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- AZCubing Summer 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.