People · Romania
Jacob Ryan Boantă
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018BOAN01
Jacob Ryan Boantă has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at ICHB Cube Race 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Romania. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2018, he has put 341 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.97 in September 2018 to 9.08, a 17% improvement. Jacob has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 11.44 | top 5.1% | 63 / 1,581 | |
| 4×4 | 34.96 | 41.86 | top 6.7% | 23 / 582 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 5.26 | top 7.6% | 99 / 1,219 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.97 | 1:18.40 | top 12.4% | 24 / 225 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 9.31 | top 17.2% | 133 / 830 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.17 | 1:25.89 | top 19.4% | 33 / 243 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.18 | 24.01 | top 23.8% | 64 / 415 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.32 | 3:00.13 | top 33.6% | 33 / 128 | |
| Skewb | 7.20 | 13.79 | top 35.3% | 119 / 401 | |
| 7×7 | 4:17.80 | 4:40.65 | top 37.0% | 28 / 95 | |
| Square-1 | 47.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 107 / 159 |
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
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sebes Autumn 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at ICHB Cube Race 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Transilvania Cubing Open 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Transilvania Cubing Open 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First competition: Botosani Cube Day 2018. A 16.43 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 10.97 at Botosani Cube Day 2018.
Competitions
- Sebes Autumn 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Timisoara West Side Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- ICHB Cube Race 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Transilvania Cubing Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Sebes Autumn 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Botosani Cube Day 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- János Bereczki — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bogdan Briciu — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.