People · United States
Karson Jiang
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022JIAN01
Karson Jiang has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 603rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2022, he has put 397 official solves on the record across eleven 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 11.24 in January 2022 to 8.27, a 26% improvement. Karson has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 1.33 | 2.42 | top 1.5% | 603 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.27 | 9.51 | top 3.3% | 1,859 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.78 | 43.39 | top 10.7% | 1,579 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.10 | 22.42 | top 12.8% | 1,660 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.59 | 1:17.85 | top 16.0% | 1,092 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 18.47 | 27.14 | top 24.5% | 1,617 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.46 | 1:51.22 | top 28.5% | 2,242 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.60 | 11.13 | top 30.5% | 5,027 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.45 | 9.45 | top 31.6% | 8,830 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 4:29.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,959 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:41.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,747 / 3,184 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Nine personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 15 Jan 2022First competition: Empire State Winter A 2022. A 11.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Parsippany Mini PM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter A 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 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.
- Tyler Kochy — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Shaun Mack — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Carson Widjaja — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.