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Jesse Osburn

3×3 · top 0.11% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022OSBU01

Jesse Osburn has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.93, set at Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in South Africa. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since March 2022, he has put 2,091 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.47 in March 2022 to 4.93, a 63% improvement. Jesse has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.11% of 288,433 all-time
4.93
signature single · Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026
2,091
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×34.938.31
top 0.11%2 / 2,187
Pyraminx1.612.54
top 0.57%2 / 958
2×21.181.93
top 0.99%7 / 1,525
4×427.2534.39
top 1.5%4 / 495
Skewb2.065.12
top 1.5%10 / 444
3×3 one-handed11.5615.89
top 2.5%8 / 473
Clock4.925.94
top 4.2%3 / 153
Megaminx50.1255.93
top 5.2%8 / 268
5×51:00.761:04.89
top 6.0%7 / 225
Square-111.1814.26
top 8.4%9 / 121
6×62:02.322:07.09
top 11.9%8 / 87
3×3 blindfolded1:04.192:33.85
top 14.4%8 / 54
7×73:21.933:26.78
top 17.0%8 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves39.00
top 23.5%12 / 54
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 9 cubes · 48:06—
top 39.1%12 / 28
4×4 blindfolded10:01.00—
early days — 1 solve10 / 16

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

Cape Town Summer 2022: 13.47Speedcubes Cape Town 2022: 11.39Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 10.21CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 9.98CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 10.13CubingZA National Championship 2023: 9.33CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 9.13Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 7.57Harvest Moon Cape Town 2024: 9.22Athens Tabletop Festival Open 2024: 8.11Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 9.23Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 8.54Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024: 8.67Cape Cubes Challenge 2024: 7.99Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025: 8.50Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025: 8.73Mega Mania Cape Town 2025: 8.83CubingZA Nationals 2025: 8.60Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025: 8.57Cape Cubes Winter 2025: 8.80Cape Cubes Spring 2025: 7.40Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 8.78Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026: 6.48Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026: 7.20Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026: 8.12Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026: 4.93GAN WCA African Championship 2026: 7.304.9313.476 Mar 202224 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.