People · United States
Jovan Barnes Jr.
3×3 · top 8.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026BARN01
Jovan Barnes Jr. has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,887th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2026, he has put 209 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.69 in January 2026 to 10.43, a 34% improvement. Jovan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.43 | 11.77 | top 8.8% | 4,887 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 3.60 | top 10.6% | 4,211 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.77 | 7.32 | top 11.8% | 3,118 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 6.07 | top 14.9% | 2,357 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 52.29 | 1:00.92 | top 27.6% | 4,316 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.32 | 29.45 | top 29.7% | 3,899 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 21.92 | 26.67 | top 32.4% | 2,119 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.41 | 1:55.24 | top 44.4% | 3,703 / 9,537 |
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
- 5 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Algorithms in Archbold 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Lewis Center Side Events 2026.
- 4 Jan 2026First competition: Imagination Station B 2026. A 16.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Lewis Center Side Events 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station B 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 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.
- Braden Richards — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jayden Clark — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sujan Feist — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.