People · United States
Killian Jones
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023JONE15
Killian Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Megamania in Louisville 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,159th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 222 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.52 in April 2023 to 9.99, a 46% improvement. Killian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.99 | 14.10 | top 7.5% | 4,159 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 11.39 | top 13.4% | 3,547 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.10 | 7.54 | top 19.0% | 3,045 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.28 | 1:59.46 | top 26.0% | 2,059 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 5.56 | top 26.8% | 10,750 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.46 | 31.48 | top 32.8% | 4,342 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 23.80 | 32.50 | top 36.5% | 2,406 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.82 | 1:07.67 | top 37.4% | 6,125 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 13.81 | 14.63 | top 43.0% | 3,537 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:44.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,358 / 8,026 |
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
- 4 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Megamania in Louisville 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Megamania in Louisville 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at Somerset September 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Somerset September 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023First competition: Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023. A 18.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldham County Cubing 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Megamania in Louisville 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Choo Choo Cubing B 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Back To The Ville 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Somerset September 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kentucky Horse Park 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
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.
- Evan Brown — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Dodson — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.