People · United Kingdom
Jacob Melotti
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MELO03
Jacob Melotti has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at Hampshire Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2024, he has put 599 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.05 in February 2024 to 9.85, a 61% improvement. Jacob has entered 17 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.45 | 3.44 | top 1.9% | 155 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.22 | 5.14 | top 4.4% | 172 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 9.85 | 12.22 | top 7.0% | 516 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 23.27 | top 17.7% | 332 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 9.55 | top 18.8% | 437 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 9.56 | 11.44 | top 22.9% | 314 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 49.93 | 55.14 | top 24.6% | 538 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.85 | 1:46.30 | top 32.9% | 426 / 1,151 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.05 | 1:51.63 | top 37.1% | 416 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.36 | 3:38.56 | top 53.7% | 323 / 548 |
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
- 30 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 30 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chichester April 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chichester January 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.90 at Wiltshire November 2024.
Competitions
- Hampshire Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Hampshire Autumn 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chichester January 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
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.
- Aidan Grainger — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.