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Jakob Janutka

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017JANU01

Jakob Janutka has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 567th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2017, he has put 320 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.09 in October 2017 to 9.43, a 61% improvement. Jakob has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.43
signature single · Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024
320
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.4310.64
top 5.9%567 / 10,392
2×22.743.88
top 11.4%746 / 7,173
Square-116.1223.76
top 18.9%160 / 952
4×447.0755.93
top 20.9%525 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed21.0531.13
top 23.4%501 / 2,620
Pyraminx6.599.78
top 24.6%1,058 / 4,858
5×51:54.272:00.56
top 45.5%584 / 1,499
Skewb51.79
early days — 2 solves2,908 / 2,907

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

Pickering 2017: 24.09Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 12.80Niagara Select 2018: 14.10CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.93Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 13.78Foothills Fright 2018: 13.99Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 12.39Edmonton New Year 2019: 13.29Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024: 9.43Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.96Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 9.57Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 11.81Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 10.569.4324.0914 Oct 20173 Jan 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.