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Jerry Jiang

2×2 · top 0.12% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014JIAN14

Jerry Jiang has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.70, set at Techweek NZ 2017, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since October 2014, he has put 1,618 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.52 in October 2014 to 7.52, a 59% improvement. Jerry has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.12% of 186,767 all-time
0.70
signature single · Techweek NZ 2017
1,618
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.701.96
top 0.12%9 / 1,615
3×37.529.15
top 2.0%62 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed11.9314.40
top 2.9%33 / 600
3×3 blindfolded26.863:00.92
top 3.4%8 / 86
4×436.4842.83
top 8.1%74 / 722
Pyraminx4.409.33
top 9.7%148 / 1,141
5×51:24.871:37.89
top 23.2%96 / 355
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.67
top 37.3%53 / 111
Skewb9.8814.09
top 54.2%383 / 666
4×4 blindfolded11:10.00—
early days — 1 solve16 / 23
6×63:56.354:02.76
top 64.2%106 / 149
7×78:44.90—
early days — 1 solve120 / 126
Square-11:47.03—
early days — 2 solves248 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 6 cubes · 32:15—
early days — 2 solves49 / 49

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

Hamilton Spring 2014: 18.52New Zealand Nationals 2014: 18.03Hamilton Spring 2015: 13.37New Zealand Nationals 2015: 10.88Hamilton Winter 2016: 10.64New Zealand Nationals 2016: 10.35Techweek NZ 2017: 11.00SNZ Northern 2017: 10.05Hamilton Spring 2017: 10.91New Zealand Nationals 2017: 10.85NxNZ Open 2018: 9.93Auckland Spring 2018: 10.26New Zealand Nationals 2018: 10.34NxNZ 2019: 8.91Maru Cube Day 2019: 10.21New Zealand Nationals 2019: 9.53Auckland Summer Open 2020: 8.98New Zealand Nationals 2020: 8.51A New Year in Auckland 2021: 10.13Wellington Mind Games 2021: 9.25NZ North Island Championship 2021: 8.44Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 8.51NZ North Island Championship 2022: 8.44New Zealand Nationals 2022: 7.90Auckland Autumn 2023: 8.62NZ North Island Championship 2023: 7.93A New Year in Auckland 2024: 7.52Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 8.27Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 9.36A New Year in Auckland 2025: 8.56Auckland Autumn 2025: 8.89New Zealand Nationals 2025: 9.31A New Year in Auckland 2026: 8.63Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 8.88Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 9.007.5218.525 Oct 20149 May 2026

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.

  • Cheng-Ru Yang — met in 226 rounds, finished ahead 106 times
  • Alex Asbery — met in 211 rounds, finished ahead 107 times
  • Elyas Eyou — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 58 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.