People · Canada
Jakob Sawyer
5×5 · top 4.0% of 41,402 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SAWY01
Jakob Sawyer has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 56.56, set at BC Cubing Comeback A 2021, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Canada. Until October 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2018, he has put 164 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in November 2018 to 10.02, a 27% improvement. Jakob has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 56.56 | 1:04.99 | top 4.0% | 44 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 11.89 | top 7.5% | 706 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 38.30 | 42.21 | top 10.2% | 242 / 3,180 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 5.35 | top 21.6% | 1,458 / 7,245 | |
| 6×6 | 2:33.99 | 2:46.83 | top 27.7% | 143 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.53 | 4:02.12 | top 31.0% | 129 / 519 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.91 | 2:00.41 | top 32.7% | 344 / 1,393 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.78 | 33.07 | top 38.9% | 870 / 2,632 |
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
- 8 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020.
- 23 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: SnoCo Fall 2018. A 13.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Cubing Comeback A 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 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.
- Dylan Wang — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Kotai — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 6.56 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.