People · Slovenia
Jakob Kitak
Pyraminx · top 0.02% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KITA03
Jakob Kitak has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Maribor Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.02% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Slovenia. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since November 2018, he has put 2,514 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in September 2019 to 6.34, a 62% improvement. Jakob has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Slovenia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 0.96 | 2.36 | top 0.02% | 1 / 233 | |
| Skewb | 1.48 | 2.45 | top 0.43% | 1 / 155 | |
| 2×2 | 1.03 | 2.14 | top 0.62% | 5 / 332 | |
| 3×3 | 6.34 | 8.52 | top 0.71% | 5 / 381 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.56 | 18.56 | top 3.7% | 7 / 138 | |
| 4×4 | 36.66 | 45.38 | top 8.3% | 16 / 176 | |
| Megaminx | 59.00 | 1:06.05 | top 9.5% | 11 / 82 | |
| Clock | 8.80 | 10.49 | top 18.9% | 20 / 73 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 37.67 | top 20.4% | 8 / 36 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.12 | 1:30.25 | top 23.4% | 24 / 96 | |
| Square-1 | 19.81 | 24.88 | top 27.6% | 22 / 59 | |
| 6×6 | 3:33.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 27 / 43 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:58.74 | — | top 67.8% | 18 / 28 |
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
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Croatian Nationals 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ogulin Open 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Six personal bests in one day at Budapest ReOpen 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Slovenian Nationals 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Petrinja Cube Day 2022.
- 21 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.10 at Ponikva Open 2022.
Competitions
- Slovenian Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Novo mesto Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Split Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Prlekija Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Varaždin Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Medvode Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- FMC Europe 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Slovenian Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- Back to Banja Luka 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Cubos in Vençon 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Zadar Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Varaždin Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Medvode Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Croatian Championship 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Trieste Speedcubing 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slovenian FMC Nationals 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Open 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Venzone: Road to Euro 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Maribor Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Novo Mesto Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ogulin Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ponikva Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Osijek Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bratislava Autumn 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Medvode Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Balkan Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Croatian Nationals 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Cube Day 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Slovenian Nationals 2023 · 25 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ogulin Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Zreče Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lužice Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Budapest ReOpen 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Cube Day 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenian Nationals 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Petrinja Cube Day 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Ljubljana Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Prebold Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ljubljana Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best 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.
- David Vujasić — met in 324 rounds, finished ahead 126 times
- Matej Brkić — met in 295 rounds, finished ahead 231 times
- Matic Omulec — met in 294 rounds, finished ahead 153 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.