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Jason Baum
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2005 · 2005BAUM01
Jason Baum has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Washington DC Open 2008, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,800th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2005, he has put 708 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.26 in May 2005 to 10.43, a 63% improvement. Jason has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 10.43 | 11.97 | top 8.7% | 4,800 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.47 | 22.35 | top 16.3% | 2,112 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:29.34 | — | top 22.8% | 465 / 2,092 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 5.73 | top 23.0% | 9,012 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 49.56 | 57.75 | top 24.2% | 3,686 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.05 | 2:02.13 | top 43.3% | 3,546 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 30.99 | 44.88 | top 51.2% | 3,353 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.61 | 2:43.50 | early days — 3 solves | 4,827 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:16.77 | 4:47.46 | top 70.8% | 2,782 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:46.90 | 8:14.96 | top 86.7% | 2,773 / 3,184 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 18:40.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 369 / 440 |
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
- 19 Jul 2008Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals and Open 2008.
- 14 Jun 2008Three personal bests in one day at Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008.
- 19 Apr 2008Three personal bests in one day at Stetson Spring competition 2008.
- 29 Mar 2008Three personal bests in one day at Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008.
- 22 Mar 2008Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Open 2008.
- 16 Jun 2007Six personal bests in one day at US Open 2007.
Competitions
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012 · 14 Apr 2012
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010 · 1 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009 · 2 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009 · 21 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008 · 7 Dec 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open 2008 · 29 Nov 2008
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008 · 14 Jun 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Washington DC Open 2008 · 17 May 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Stetson Spring competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008 · 29 Mar 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Open 2007 · 24 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 6 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2005 · 10 Dec 2005 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- Horace Mann Spring competition 2005 · 28 May 2005 — 1 personal best 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.
- Dan Cohen — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Bob Burton — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.