People · France
Sandy Aaron Jones
3×3 · top 0.93% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018JONE05
Sandy Aaron Jones has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.59, set at Cubing with the Viking 2020, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in France. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2018, he has put 570 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.00 in March 2018 to 6.59, a 45% improvement. Sandy has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.59 | 8.20 | top 0.93% | 66 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.35 | 14.15 | top 2.2% | 36 / 1,490 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.90 | top 5.6% | 236 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 5.99 | top 6.5% | 178 / 2,148 | |
| 4×4 | 35.99 | 40.46 | top 7.7% | 148 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.40 | 1:13.42 | top 9.9% | 85 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:13.80 | 1:28.88 | top 17.3% | 75 / 434 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.21 | 1:22.36 | top 22.0% | 174 / 867 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 31:15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 54 / 165 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.08 | 3:01.51 | top 30.2% | 111 / 437 | |
| Skewb | 6.83 | 9.45 | top 32.3% | 450 / 1,291 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 41.00 | early days — 3 solves | 176 / 367 | |
| Square-1 | 46.81 | 59.56 | top 73.0% | 389 / 540 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 19:09.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 66 / 71 |
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
- 14 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at BA Four 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Providence Fall 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Colonie Spring 2019.
- 18 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at STMHS Spring 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at The Battle of Lexington 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Boston University Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Empire State Winter B 2022 · 16 Jan 2022
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon A 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet WPI Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Puy de Dôme Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- STMHS Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018
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.
- Derek White — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- James Quinn — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Will Russo — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.