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Jakub Bortko

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024BORT03

Jakub Bortko has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at Cube Factory League Jeżów 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 325th in Poland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2024, he has put 511 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.34 in May 2024 to 8.23, a 60% improvement. Jakub has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.23
signature single · Cube Factory League Jeżów 2026
511
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×38.2310.52
top 3.2%325 / 6,576
2×21.844.84
top 3.8%340 / 5,422
Pyraminx4.1012.42
top 8.2%543 / 4,406
Skewb4.156.76
top 11.9%499 / 2,810
Clock16.0423.78
top 52.0%845 / 1,549
3×3 one-handed33.8834.52
top 55.2%1,120 / 2,176
4×41:23.52
top 58.7%1,542 / 2,851
Megaminx2:57.72
early days — 3 solves1,051 / 1,384
3×3 blindfolded5:40.52
early days — 3 solves406 / 466

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

GLS III 2024: 20.34Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu IV 2024: 15.11Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2024: 15.48Dębica Cubing Summer 2024: 10.94Summer Vibe Puck 2024: 13.03Polish Championship 2024: 12.63Cube Factory Rogów 2024: 10.45Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu I 2025: 11.09Cube Factory League Rogów 2025: 11.21Cube Factory League Jeżów 2025: 10.65Cube Factory League Brzeziny Spring 2025: 11.01Cube Factory League Justynów 2025: 10.94Cube Factory League Rogów Summer 2025: 11.26Cube Factory League Final Łódź 2025: 9.82Polish Championship 2025: 12.71Cube Factory League Rogów 2026: 9.52Cube Factory League Jeżów 2026: 8.23Cube Factory League Kalisz 2026: 9.72Cube Factory League Brzeziny 2026: 9.938.2320.3411 May 20248 Aug 2026

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 0.23 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.