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Jake Rueth

3×3 · top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003RUET01

Jake Rueth has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.55, set at Minnesota Open 2008, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,444th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since August 2003, he has put 237 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.88 in August 2003 to 21.55, a 28% improvement. Jake has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time
21.55
signature single · Minnesota Open 2008
237
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.5524.88
top 44.2%25,444 / 59,724
2×26.0512.26
top 51.4%20,959 / 40,951
4×41:36.061:56.03
top 68.0%12,077 / 19,072
Pyraminx12.2216.49
top 68.6%20,283 / 28,708
Megaminx3:08.163:27.77
top 77.1%6,047 / 7,841
Clock27.9133.36
top 81.6%7,231 / 8,927
5×53:28.003:50.42
top 86.0%7,977 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:42.802:20.19
top 96.7%15,080 / 15,683
Square-11:47.303:44.26
top 97.6%6,635 / 6,743

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

World Rubik's Games Championship 2003: 29.88Rubik's World Championship 2005: 27.12Minnesota Open 2007: 23.33Minnesota Open 2008: 21.55Wisconsin Open 2008: 24.40Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009: 23.25Minnesota Open 2009: 23.96Chicago Open 2010: 23.41Minnesota Open 2010: 21.9121.5529.8823 Aug 200319 Jun 2010

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.