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Jacob Karl Felix Zatarain

3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009ZATA01

Jacob Karl Felix Zatarain has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,399th in the Philippines. Across 6 competitions since May 2009, he has put 177 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.78 in May 2009 to 11.77, a 20% improvement. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.77
signature single · Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015
177
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×311.7713.58
top 13.1%1,399 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed17.3823.10
top 13.5%337 / 2,440
Pyraminx5.536.74
top 16.6%449 / 2,621
2×23.334.47
top 18.1%827 / 4,257
4×451.4655.15
top 26.5%715 / 2,135
Skewb6.969.28
top 33.3%522 / 1,320

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

Rizal Open 2009: 14.78Cubao Open 2013: 14.28Shoe Capital Open 2014: 12.18Marikina City 2 Open 2014: 12.44Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 12.50Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015: 11.7711.7714.787 May 200921 Aug 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.