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Jesse Tipton

Skewb · top 4.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014TIPT01

Jesse Tipton has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at Exeter Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in South Africa. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2014, he has put 1,016 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.45 in April 2014 to 13.26, a 56% improvement. Jesse has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.83
signature single · Exeter Open 2016
1,016
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Skewb2.835.04
top 4.2%17 / 438
Pyraminx4.417.15
top 9.8%77 / 946
2×23.204.53
top 16.6%167 / 1,510
3×313.2614.86
top 18.3%222 / 2,164
Clock9.4112.63
top 22.0%27 / 148
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.67
top 26.7%14 / 53
4×452.911:02.79
top 28.2%91 / 491
3×3 one-handed23.9627.50
top 31.4%89 / 467
Megaminx1:37.531:43.19
top 33.1%52 / 266
Square-126.9435.57
top 43.4%46 / 118
5×52:00.512:13.46
top 49.5%84 / 221
6×63:54.384:31.44
top 63.5%45 / 84
3×3 blindfolded4:24.82—
early days — 3 solves39 / 53
7×76:26.386:56.61
top 73.5%41 / 69

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

Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 30.45Cuthberts Open 2014: 23.48Johannesburg 2014: 19.84Harrow Spring 2015: 21.77Welcome Back to Guildford 2015: 21.15Welwyn Garden City 2015: 18.85Irish Championship 2015: 15.97August Bank Holiday Competition 2015: 15.99UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 18.25Manchester Open 2016: 16.02Exeter Open 2016: 15.73Irish Championship 2016: 13.74Guildford Open 2016: 15.89UK Championship 2016: 13.26Birmingham Open 2016: 13.64Gauteng Winter 2017: 15.99Eden Village Winter 2017: 13.93Welsh Open 2019: 14.19KwaZulu-Natal 2019: 14.84Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023: 15.7113.2630.455 Apr 20141 May 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.

  • James Molloy — met in 177 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Charlie Stark — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
  • Robert Yau — met in 164 rounds, finished ahead 13 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.