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Jakov Kesić

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016KESI01

Jakov Kesić has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Osijek Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Croatia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 114 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.43 in February 2016 to 2.06, a 40% improvement. Jakov has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.06
signature single · Osijek Open 2017
114
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCroatia
2×22.064.23
top 5.2%22 / 275
3×39.6511.92
top 6.5%32 / 360
4×449.3456.72
top 23.9%37 / 154
Pyraminx8.1910.32
top 37.8%82 / 201
3×3 one-handed26.8230.22
top 38.9%46 / 97
Square-130.7739.29
top 50.8%27 / 48
5×52:10.78
early days — 2 solves45 / 67

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

Osijek Open 2016: 3.43Slovenian Open 2016: 4.34Croatian Open 2016: 3.59Osijek Open 2017: 2.062.064.3427 Feb 201625 Feb 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.