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River Jessen
3×3 · top 14.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023JESS02
River Jessen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.22, set at Back to School Utah 2025, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,980th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since June 2023, he has put 249 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.40 in June 2023 to 12.22, a 77% improvement. River 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 | 12.22 | 20.19 | top 14.7% | 7,980 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.41 | 9.43 | top 15.9% | 4,262 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 6.13 | top 30.8% | 12,451 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.17 | 1:16.44 | top 46.1% | 7,772 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.23 | 2:17.73 | top 46.5% | 3,505 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 36.27 | 56.96 | top 60.3% | 4,032 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,588 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:13.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,781 / 4,262 | |
| Skewb | 15.37 | 20.00 | top 79.5% | 15,423 / 19,164 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at Back to School Utah 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.63 at Tooele Open B 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spanish Fork PM 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.15 at Back to School Utah 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2024.
Competitions
- Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis County Showdown 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tooele Open B 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Fork PM 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Summer Solving Colorado 2023 · 24 Jun 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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leo Williams — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Elliot Pimentel — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.