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Jay Lewis

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015LEWI01

Jay Lewis has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.50, set at Hudson Valley Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 856th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2015, he has put 1,136 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.77 in September 2015 to 8.01, a 71% improvement. Jay has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.50
signature single · Hudson Valley Open 2018
1,136
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.502.74
top 2.2%856 / 40,951
3×38.019.63
top 2.8%1,618 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.985.11
top 3.6%946 / 28,708
Skewb2.704.47
top 3.6%568 / 18,907
4×432.0935.37
top 4.3%676 / 19,072
5×51:02.621:11.24
top 7.0%559 / 9,401
Megaminx57.521:00.66
top 8.7%596 / 7,841
Square-113.2122.89
top 12.3%854 / 6,743
6×62:14.362:27.95
top 17.6%626 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed19.2827.22
top 18.6%2,387 / 15,683
Clock9.6212.73
top 23.2%1,784 / 8,927
7×73:39.494:01.19
top 23.3%663 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,031 / 2,040

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

Norwich Summer 2015: 27.77Lexington Fall 2015: 20.12Sharon Winter 2016: 16.42MIT Spring 2016: 12.94Lexington Summer 2016: 14.66Quabbin Open 2016: 11.00Weston Spring 2017: 11.55Big Cube Bash 2017: 13.18Quabbin Spring 2017: 8.01Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 11.37Maryland 2017: 9.85WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 8.96Hudson Valley Open 2018: 10.52CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 10.55Pennsylvania 2018: 8.25Quinnipiac 2018: 9.64Long Island Winter 2019: 9.95Hudson Valley Summer 2019: 10.09CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.48Brooklyn Fall 2019: 9.19Babylon Winter 2020: 9.12Empire State Winter B 2022: 8.01Granite State 2022: 8.84CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 8.718.0127.7712 Sep 20157 Oct 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.