People · United States
Jonathan Crose
2×2 · top 7.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024CROS04
Jonathan Crose has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at St. Ansgar 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,051st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2024, he has put 122 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.71 in November 2024 to 12.89, a 35% improvement. Jonathan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.36 | 3.86 | top 7.6% | 3,051 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.89 | 14.36 | top 17.1% | 9,286 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 9.91 | top 21.1% | 5,766 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 57.19 | 1:08.58 | top 33.4% | 5,399 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.69 | 37.84 | top 43.7% | 5,980 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.99 | — | top 56.2% | 4,820 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 51.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,217 / 6,846 |
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
- 22 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: SPAMtown III MN 2024. A 19.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SPAMtown III MN 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kaius Young — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Keegan Joyce — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.