People · United Kingdom
Jason Bird
2×2 · top 8.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016BIRD03
Jason Bird has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at UK Championship 2017, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, he has put 230 official solves on the record across nine 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 23.56 in October 2016 to 13.99, a 41% improvement. Jason has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.41 | top 8.7% | 587 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 7.14 | top 10.8% | 249 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.73 | 6.46 | top 11.6% | 461 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 13.99 | 16.11 | top 21.0% | 1,427 / 6,785 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.11 | 2:13.47 | top 40.5% | 465 / 998 | |
| Square-1 | 27.47 | 43.27 | top 44.6% | 404 / 789 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.26 | 41.57 | top 51.8% | 912 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.48 | 1:22.30 | top 52.1% | 1,144 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 3:20.08 | — | top 84.1% | 1,067 / 1,167 |
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
- 27 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.58 at Manchester Open 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Manchester Open 2017.
- 4 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Guildford Open 2016. A 23.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Robert Yau — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eli Jay — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Molloy — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.