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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.

2×2
best event — top 10.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.68
signature single · Antwerp Open 2016
171
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×22.685.15
top 10.7%110 / 777
3×313.5918.65
top 19.5%243 / 1,094
Skewb5.789.00
top 24.1%109 / 394
Pyraminx7.0310.29
top 28.1%211 / 589
3×3 one-handed38.0849.63
top 62.5%189 / 314
4×41:31.431:41.62
top 64.7%285 / 459
5×53:27.55
early days — 2 solves206 / 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

Belgium Summer 2015: 21.28Dutch Open 2015: 21.78Hasselt Open 2015: 15.52Cubelonia 2016: 18.15Zonhoven Open 2016: 13.59Antwerp Open 2016: 17.1113.5921.785 Sep 20157 May 2016

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 0.68 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.