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Jonathan Pelser

3×3 · top 0.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PELS01

Jonathan Pelser has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.55, set at Space City Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 567th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,242 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.75 in September 2022 to 6.55, a 25% improvement. Jonathan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.9% of 284,439 all-time
6.55
signature single · Space City Winter 2024
1,242
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.557.12
top 0.9%567 / 59,724
Skewb1.883.58
top 1.1%166 / 18,907
4×429.0633.32
top 2.3%375 / 19,072
5×552.4655.21
top 2.5%195 / 9,401
Clock4.155.47
top 2.6%223 / 8,927
Megaminx45.5950.63
top 3.3%240 / 7,841
2×21.753.17
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.026.49
top 3.7%981 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed13.3015.12
top 4.9%692 / 15,683
6×61:51.072:02.74
top 7.6%263 / 4,196
Square-111.4714.24
top 8.8%628 / 6,743
7×73:05.163:24.92
top 12.0%326 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:54.17—
early days — 1 solve648 / 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

Get to the Point 2022: 8.75CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 9.42ODU Big Blue Spring 2023: 6.79Winchester Weeknights I 2023: 9.18CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.47Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 9.02T-Town Showdown 2023: 8.98Texas Championship 2023: 8.28Space City Winter 2024: 6.55Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024: 7.25Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024: 7.29Texas Championship 2024: 6.62Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.13Texas Championship 2025: 6.71Tyler Twists & Turns 2026: 6.65GAN Southern Championship 2026: 6.68Hillister Cube Hustle 2026: 7.21Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 6.976.559.4210 Sep 202221 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.