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Jonathan Rutenberg

2×2 · top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023RUTE01

Jonathan Rutenberg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.80, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Israel. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,507 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.62 in January 2023 to 6.69, a 62% improvement. Jonathan has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time
0.80
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024
1,507
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×20.801.92
top 0.23%4 / 1,401
Megaminx35.2439.71
top 0.69%3 / 263
3×36.698.62
top 1.0%33 / 2,022
4×427.9629.85
top 1.8%12 / 659
Pyraminx2.523.72
top 2.2%23 / 957
Clock4.465.95
top 3.3%8 / 252
5×556.631:06.22
top 4.0%17 / 345
3×3 one-handed13.6518.46
top 5.5%41 / 658
Skewb3.305.15
top 6.6%49 / 618
Square-110.2714.58
top 6.6%26 / 248
6×62:01.912:15.40
top 11.7%19 / 127
7×74:07.564:18.68
top 33.6%34 / 99
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
early days — 2 solves54 / 115

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

SacCubing XIII 2023: 17.62Berkeley Spring 2023: 13.60Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 12.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 13.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 11.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 10.81Claws Up Summer 2023: 11.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 11.06CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.02Berkeley Summer 2023: 9.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 10.46Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 9.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.78Davis Fall 2023: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.61Berkeley Fall 2023: 9.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 9.14Berkeley Winter 2024: 8.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 9.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 6.87EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 7.70Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 8.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.43Berkeley Summer 2024: 8.31Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 8.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.54Berkeley Fall 2024: 7.91Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 7.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 9.00Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 8.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.42Benicia Open 2025: 7.33San Ramon Fall 2025: 6.90Berkeley Fall 2025: 7.52Berkeley Favorites 2026: 6.69Berkeley Spring 2026: 7.05Davis Big Summer 2026: 7.396.6917.6214 Jan 20238 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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.24 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.