People · United States
Zachary Jacobs
Pyraminx · top 16.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018JACO13
Zachary Jacobs has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.44, set at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,241st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2018, he has put 91 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.47 in August 2018 to 24.41, a 43% improvement. Zachary 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 7.88 | top 16.1% | 4,241 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 24.41 | 31.05 | top 51.3% | 29,960 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.00 | — | top 64.3% | 11,289 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:39.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,047 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,796 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 12.13 | 14.29 | top 84.7% | 35,197 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 24.55 | 29.72 | top 94.5% | 18,146 / 18,907 |
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
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-30 3×3: 28.61 at Lower Moreland Winter 2019.
- 17 Aug 2018First competition: Pennsylvania 2018. A 42.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 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.
- Evelyn Seifert — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- AJ Kamal — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.