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Jax Pounders
2×2 · top 9.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025POUN01
Jax Pounders has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Flex in Lex 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,822nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.73 in May 2025 to 2.56, a 55% improvement. Jax has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.93 | top 9.6% | 3,822 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 7.87 | 10.05 | top 14.5% | 1,145 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 22.13 | 24.66 | top 45.9% | 26,855 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.05 | 14.90 | top 53.4% | 15,816 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 18.54 | 22.08 | top 87.2% | 17,024 / 19,164 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Northern Kentucky 2025. A 24.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Flex in Lex 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 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.
- Justin Poole — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Dodson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Isaac Schaefer — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.