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Jared Sikes
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 6.3% of 12,418 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019SIKE01
Jared Sikes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 26 moves, set at Big Brain Minnesota 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in the United States. Across 13 competitions since January 2019, he has put 360 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.93 in January 2019 to 10.28, a 48% improvement. Jared has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 34.67 | top 6.3% | 151 / 2,059 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 13.42 | top 8.3% | 4,645 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.17 | top 9.5% | 3,779 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 45.64 | 51.69 | top 19.2% | 2,942 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.79 | 1:33.47 | top 22.3% | 1,752 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.49 | 9.87 | top 23.8% | 6,555 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 6.64 | 10.95 | top 30.9% | 5,162 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.29 | 34.27 | top 35.1% | 4,698 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.82 | 1:57.35 | top 39.8% | 2,944 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 13.72 | 15.69 | top 42.7% | 3,509 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.27 | 3:13.92 | top 44.5% | 1,660 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:52.92 | 4:59.23 | top 48.7% | 1,439 / 3,236 | |
| Square-1 | 42.22 | 1:04.34 | top 68.0% | 4,528 / 6,846 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at SPAMTown IV MN 2026.
- 22 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 23 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at North Woods 2023.
- 26 Jan 2019First competition: North Star Cubing Challenge 2019. A 19.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Quiet Championship 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Cubetcha MN 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Even in Eagan 2026 · 25 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Only Odds in Minnesota 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Brain Minnesota 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- SPAMTown IV MN 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Eau Claire 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- NxN Minnesota 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Woods 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 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.
- Kaius Young — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Rahn — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lisa Kucala — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.