People · United States
Landon Jones
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022JONE17
Landon Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at UMBC Spring 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,020th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2022, he has put 188 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in September 2022 to 9.95, a 48% improvement. Landon has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.95 | 11.42 | top 7.3% | 4,020 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.79 | top 13.1% | 5,164 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 43.70 | 54.15 | top 16.6% | 2,523 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 10.29 | top 18.1% | 4,800 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.08 | 1:52.39 | top 36.9% | 2,945 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.91 | 35.10 | top 46.5% | 6,317 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.72 | 2:49.41 | top 57.3% | 4,313 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 13.69 | 15.56 | top 73.6% | 13,891 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 6:29.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,308 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 5:10.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,370 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,902 / 6,743 |
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
- 10 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at UMBC Spring 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Fall 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Slow N Steady Spring 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 21.78 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.13 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.