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Jonah Kurth

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KURT02

Jonah Kurth has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Cubing at COTA 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,262nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 317 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.39 in May 2023 to 8.63, a 30% improvement. Jonah has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · Cubing at COTA 2026
317
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6310.02
top 4.0%2,262 / 59,724
2×22.474.58
top 8.6%3,389 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.0119.12
top 10.2%1,357 / 15,683
4×449.0057.00
top 23.5%3,574 / 19,072
5×51:54.582:05.63
top 45.7%3,768 / 9,401
Clock25.5430.38
top 77.7%6,819 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded9:16.43
early days — 1 solve2,046 / 2,092

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

DFW Spring Warmup 2023: 12.39Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 11.27DFW Megacomp 2024: 9.55DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 9.17Space City Winter TX 2025: 9.19Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025: 9.64Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 10.46Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026: 9.32Cubing at COTA 2026: 8.638.6312.396 May 202327 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.