People · Denmark
Jakob Foged Lauritzen
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019LAUR04
Jakob Foged Lauritzen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Aarhus Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Denmark. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since December 2019, he has put 1,456 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.44 in December 2019 to 11.17, a 78% improvement. Jakob has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 3.71 | top 2.9% | 43 / 906 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 7.32 | top 6.2% | 55 / 702 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 6.24 | top 9.4% | 50 / 467 | |
| 3×3 | 11.17 | 15.33 | top 11.0% | 137 / 1,198 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.02 | 1:41.89 | top 26.9% | 63 / 232 | |
| 4×4 | 54.09 | 1:00.32 | top 29.7% | 132 / 468 | |
| Clock | 12.37 | 16.48 | top 36.8% | 73 / 187 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.83 | 36.98 | top 41.5% | 145 / 380 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.36 | 2:17.14 | top 45.6% | 112 / 269 | |
| Square-1 | 34.93 | 48.29 | top 58.3% | 110 / 185 | |
| 6×6 | 4:30.03 | 4:36.06 | top 74.7% | 91 / 126 | |
| 7×7 | 6:49.79 | 7:11.76 | top 78.3% | 75 / 116 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Østervang Open 2024.
- 6 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Danish Championship 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at DSF Generalforsamlingen 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bjerringbro Open 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Aarhus Spring 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.94 at Aarhus Open 2022.
Competitions
- Speedcubing Aarhus Generalforsamling 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Aarhus Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sej Sejere Sejs 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Christmas 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Aarhus Advent 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Østervang Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2024 · 6 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Aalborg Open 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Ikast Cubing Kaos 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alle Mod Alle i Allerød 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aarhus Spring 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fredericia Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bjerringbro Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Odense Classic Cubing 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ikast Winter Cubing 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Aarhus Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Roskilde For Alle 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Danish Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up Stockholm 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Fast Faster Falster 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Østervang Open 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hvidovre Sommerhygge 2020 · 1 Aug 2020 — 1 personal best set
- DSF Generalforsamlingen 2020 · 9 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Aarhus Christmas 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
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.
- Rasmus Stub Detlefsen — met in 237 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Vædele Egdal — met in 221 rounds, never finished ahead
- Martin Vædele Egdal — met in 220 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.