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Jesse Steele

2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017STEE08

Jesse Steele has been competing for 9 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Reno Summer 2024, puts them in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,991st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2017, they have put 584 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 24.34 in November 2017 to 11.00, a 55% improvement. Jesse has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.36
signature single · Reno Summer 2024
584
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.363.97
top 7.6%2,991 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.046.72
top 7.9%2,009 / 28,708
3×311.0013.19
top 10.5%5,671 / 59,724
5×51:33.621:46.78
top 30.3%2,397 / 9,401
4×455.511:09.36
top 31.3%4,945 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed27.0738.95
top 39.5%5,261 / 15,683
Clock14.7717.18
top 47.0%3,803 / 8,927
Megaminx2:02.562:16.48
top 47.2%3,492 / 7,841
6×63:26.073:37.22
top 53.2%2,007 / 4,196
Skewb9.8214.65
top 53.8%9,728 / 18,907
Square-147.57—
early days — 3 solves4,859 / 6,743
7×76:47.07—
early days — 2 solves2,435 / 3,184

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

Reno Fall 2017: 24.34SacCubing III 2018: 25.43Reno Winter 2018: 24.57Reno Spring 2018: 20.76Reno Fall 2018: 16.25Reno Winter 2019: 16.39Reno Spring 2019: 11.61Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 11.84Reno Winter 2020: 12.06Reno Fall 2022: 13.08Reno Spring 2023: 13.15Reno Summer 2023: 12.94Reno Fall 2023: 12.44Reno Mini 2023: 12.55Reno Winter 2024: 11.00Reno Summer 2024: 13.50Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.65Reno Mini Summer 2024: 13.50Reno Mini Winter 2025: 13.14Reno Summer 2025: 12.44Reno Spring 2026: 11.6711.0025.4311 Nov 20179 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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as they improves.