People · Belgium
Jacob Smet
2×2 · top 10.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015SMET02
Jacob Smet has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.68, set at Antwerp Open 2016, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in Belgium. Across 6 competitions since September 2015, he has put 171 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.28 in September 2015 to 13.59, a 36% 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 | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 5.15 | top 10.7% | 110 / 777 | |
| 3×3 | 13.59 | 18.65 | top 19.5% | 243 / 1,094 | |
| Skewb | 5.78 | 9.00 | top 24.1% | 109 / 394 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 10.29 | top 28.1% | 211 / 589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.08 | 49.63 | top 62.5% | 189 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.43 | 1:41.62 | top 64.7% | 285 / 459 | |
| 5×5 | 3:27.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 206 / 246 |
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
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Zonhoven Open 2016.
- 31 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 15.52 at Hasselt Open 2015.
- 31 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at Hasselt Open 2015.
- 5 Sep 2015First competition: Belgium Summer 2015. A 21.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Antwerp Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubelonia 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hasselt Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015
- Belgium Summer 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 2 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.
- Lars Van den broeck — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tiemen De Meester — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zolboo Erelkhegbaatar — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.