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Jake Ruth
Pyraminx · top 8.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008RUTH01
Jake Ruth has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.08, set at US Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2008, he has put 405 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.64 in November 2008 to 12.55, a 53% improvement. Jake has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 6.10 | top 8.1% | 2,062 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.55 | 13.95 | top 15.8% | 8,483 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.66 | 6.69 | top 35.0% | 13,956 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 59.28 | 1:03.53 | top 35.7% | 5,753 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.55 | 2:00.03 | top 46.3% | 3,837 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.97 | 45.56 | top 62.3% | 8,799 / 15,683 |
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
- 14 Nov 2009Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2009.
- 23 May 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.93 at Captain's Cove competition 2009.
- 23 May 2009Four personal bests in one day at Captain's Cove competition 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009First sub-20 3×3: 19.97 at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009Four personal bests in one day at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
- 7 Feb 2009Three personal bests in one day at Newark Winter 2009.
Competitions
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Park Ridge Open 2011 · 14 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Head to Head 2011 · 19 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2010 · 18 Dec 2010
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Captain's Cove competition 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Summer Competition 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2009 · 23 May 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Westchester Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008
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.
- Kian Barry — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bob Burton — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.