People · Kenya
Jason Kipkurui
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025KIPK01
Jason Kipkurui has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at Kericho Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Kenya. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2025, he has put 184 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.66 in June 2025 to 9.08, a 66% improvement. Jason has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 11.11 | top 5.1% | 5 / 356 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.15 | top 10.7% | 8 / 217 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.52 | 29.85 | top 27.4% | 6 / 47 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Nakuru Open 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.10 at Back to Kericho 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Back to Kericho 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Back to Kericho 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First competition: Kenya Legacy Twist 2025. A 26.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nakuru Twist and Turn 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Kericho Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nairobi Cubes 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Back to Mombasa 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Nakuru Speedcubing Camp 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Kenya Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nakuru Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nairobi NxN Cubes 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Back to Kericho 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kenya Legacy Twist 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
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.
- Kelvin Githiari Waturi — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Denis Ndemwa — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ethan Kiplimo — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.