People · United States
Jay Orca
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ORCA02
Jay Orca has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Temecula Valley Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,054th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2022, he has put 369 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in November 2022 to 9.25, a 36% improvement. Jay has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.25 | 11.61 | top 5.5% | 3,054 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.96 | 54.15 | top 23.4% | 3,563 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 9.24 | top 24.3% | 6,621 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 5.83 | top 28.0% | 11,075 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 11.33 | 14.23 | top 31.7% | 2,486 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.73 | 27.31 | top 33.5% | 4,400 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.13 | 2:38.95 | top 57.7% | 4,918 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.46 | 17.02 | top 63.3% | 11,735 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:05.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,954 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:44.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,122 / 4,196 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Winter 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at La La Land 2024.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: Circle City Supercharged 2022. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Cubing on the Octagon 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- August Barnard — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.