People · Canada
Jakob Patel
3×3 · top 4.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018PATE09
Jakob Patel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 72 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.24 in July 2018 to 8.73, a 55% improvement. Jakob has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 10.62 | top 4.3% | 412 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.87 | top 11.3% | 755 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 8.26 | top 21.8% | 936 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.64 | 33.94 | top 50.5% | 1,183 / 2,632 | |
| Skewb | 9.75 | 14.87 | top 53.4% | 1,477 / 2,928 | |
| Megaminx | 5:48.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,358 / 1,393 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.73 at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.26 at Waterloo Favourites A 2023.
- 21 Jul 2018First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2018. A 19.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
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.
- Tin Huang — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- David Kirby — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tyson Szabo — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.