People · United States
Leif Jenkins
2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019JENK02
Leif Jenkins has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,922nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2019, he has put 288 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.46 in November 2019 to 13.94, a 53% improvement. Leif 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 5.51 | top 7.4% | 2,922 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.75 | 8.85 | top 11.7% | 3,029 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.94 | 19.30 | top 20.7% | 11,183 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.75 | 9.46 | top 31.7% | 5,251 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.00 | 1:24.26 | top 54.2% | 9,239 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.34 | — | top 61.7% | 5,313 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.96 | 49.94 | top 65.2% | 9,254 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 31.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,685 / 8,927 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-20 3×3: 16.20 at Utah Fall 2021.
- 16 Nov 2019First competition: Bobcat Battle 2019. A 29.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Bobcat Battle Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Fall 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
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.
- Adonis Cabasa — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Samuel Martin — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cy Hamilton — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.