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Jacob Sanchez

2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013SANC05

Jacob Sanchez has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Road to Nats Valencia 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Venezuela. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2013, he has put 1,287 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.63 in September 2013 to 11.82, an 81% improvement. Jacob has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.12
signature single · Road to Nats Valencia 2026
1,287
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
2×22.123.80
top 5.6%29 / 550
Pyraminx4.456.34
top 10.0%43 / 410
Skewb3.977.86
top 10.7%22 / 151
3×311.8214.78
top 13.3%126 / 1,005
Clock8.0811.14
top 15.6%11 / 64
Megaminx1:14.551:29.63
top 18.4%24 / 115
Square-117.0424.02
top 21.1%12 / 52
4×454.761:08.01
top 30.4%81 / 258
3×3 one-handed25.4634.26
top 35.4%91 / 262
3×3 blindfolded2:16.944:20.34
top 39.0%7 / 29
5×52:05.662:11.83
top 52.8%67 / 112
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 10:25—
top 63.3%5 / 9
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves58.67
top 76.8%29 / 44
6×64:40.095:03.55
top 77.3%32 / 44
7×78:35.38—
early days — 2 solves32 / 36

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

Venezuela Open 2013: 1:02.63Cubing Mérida 2013: 22.84Piedemonte Rubik Day 2014: 19.42Coliseo de Tovar 2014: 16.10Apollo Open 2014: 18.06Back to Piedemonte 2014: 15.36ULA Rubiks 2014: 14.60Rubik Ejido 2014: 16.27ULA Rubiks Reloaded 2015: 14.78Abrakadabra Magic 2015: 13.30Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2015: 12.35Psico Rubik Caracas 2015: 16.27Ejido Mall Challenge 2015: 13.90Festival Del Cubo Caracas 2015: 13.02Rubik Sin Fronteras 2015: 11.82Ejido Summer 2015: 13.93Ejido Mall Open 2015: 13.41Venezuela Nationals 2015: 12.66ULA Rubiks 2016: 14.25Mérida Summer 2016: 15.16Road to Nats Valencia 2026: 13.3911.821:02.6329 Sep 201330 Aug 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.