People · United States
Jax Howe
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HOWE02
Jax Howe has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Naperville Gray Skies 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,301st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 179 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.76 in March 2025 to 10.70, a 43% improvement. Jax 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 7.47 | top 5.0% | 1,301 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.61 | top 6.7% | 2,653 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 13.09 | top 9.6% | 5,203 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 56.38 | 1:06.46 | top 32.4% | 5,137 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.35 | 34.70 | top 45.2% | 6,111 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 9.28 | 13.68 | top 50.4% | 9,015 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.97 | 2:16.01 | top 51.0% | 4,286 / 9,401 |
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 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.05 at WisconsiNxN 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Racing Kane 2025. A 18.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Persevere in De Pere 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Machesney Park Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 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.
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeke Mackay — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leah Hamende — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.