People · Canada
Jacob Kotai
Pyraminx · top 0.14% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017KOTA01
Jacob Kotai has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Canada. Until April 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since June 2017, he has put 2,005 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.34 in June 2017 to 6.18, an 86% improvement. Jacob has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.19 | 1.70 | top 0.14% | 3 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 6.18 | 7.42 | top 0.6% | 55 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 27.33 | 32.23 | top 1.5% | 35 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 2.08 | 4.55 | top 1.6% | 21 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.79 | 13.47 | top 1.6% | 33 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 50.68 | 56.60 | top 1.9% | 19 / 1,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.61 | 2.43 | top 2.6% | 173 / 7,173 | |
| Megaminx | 44.94 | 53.75 | top 3.1% | 20 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 10.66 | 17.63 | top 7.3% | 53 / 952 | |
| 6×6 | 1:57.18 | 2:07.03 | top 9.9% | 42 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 3:27.52 | 3:33.80 | top 18.9% | 73 / 503 | |
| Clock | 8.89 | 10.53 | top 19.4% | 161 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:43.07 | — | top 64.1% | 228 / 351 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Penticton Lakeside 2025.
- 16 Aug 202413 personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver's on Tracks 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penticton Lakeside 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 13 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback A 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Moncton Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Skillcon 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 253 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 237 rounds, finished ahead 182 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 227 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.