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JJ Pflum
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PFLU01
JJ Pflum has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Missouri Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,486th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 236 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.67 in July 2022 to 11.87, a 33% improvement. JJ has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 4.18 | top 3.7% | 1,486 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 10.22 | top 9.2% | 2,421 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 11.87 | 14.50 | top 13.5% | 7,335 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 6.93 | 9.56 | top 33.2% | 5,642 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.18 | 35.03 | top 37.4% | 5,045 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.81 | 1:07.28 | top 39.5% | 6,512 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,549 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 37.13 | 39.64 | top 91.4% | 8,394 / 9,172 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Girardeau 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022. A 17.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Girardeau 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 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.
- Tommy Stady — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeremiah Storm — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.