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Jakub Cabaj

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008CABA03

Jakub Cabaj has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at 3Mola Open 2011, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since August 2008, he has put 2,429 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.13 in August 2008 to 10.16, a 60% improvement. Jakub has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · 3Mola Open 2011
2,429
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.613.37
top 2.6%266 / 5,422
Pyraminx2.886.71
top 3.2%255 / 4,406
3×310.1612.39
top 7.9%702 / 6,576
Square-112.5022.37
top 10.9%112 / 1,002
3×3 one-handed16.9321.91
top 12.4%296 / 2,176
4×440.4547.07
top 12.6%378 / 2,851
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.00
top 14.8%93 / 466
5×51:21.971:34.91
top 20.7%296 / 1,442
6×62:26.522:38.02
top 23.8%159 / 669
Megaminx1:31.461:51.73
top 29.1%392 / 1,384
Clock12.6117.40
top 37.9%645 / 1,549
7×74:38.184:53.36
top 43.9%209 / 546
3×3 blindfolded4:08.25—
early days — 3 solves343 / 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

Marina Gdansk Open 2008: 25.13Polish Nationals 2009: 18.63Warsaw Open 2009: 17.59Lublin Open 2009: 19.71Poznan Open 2009: 15.69Kociewie Open 2009: 16.52Gdansk Open 2009: 17.36Polish Open 2009: 16.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 18.53Essen Open 2009: 16.44Polish Open 2010: 14.05Grudziadz Open 2010: 14.13Bialystok Open 2010: 15.503Mola Open 2010: 14.09Polish Nationals 2010: 11.88Pabianice Open 2010: 12.47European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 14.30Lodz Open 2011: 11.78Grudziadz Open 2011: 12.19Bialystok Open 2011: 14.133Mola Open 2011: 13.80Galeries Lafayette Open 2011: 12.13Lyon Open 2011: 12.22Cube Factory 2011: 13.69Kociewie Open 2011: 12.44V-CUBE Cannes Open 2012: 11.34Cubing Spring Grudziadz 2012: 10.16Polish Open 2012: 12.72Silesia Open 2012: 11.84Polish Nationals 2012: 10.19European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.78Warszawa Open 2012: 12.83Jura Open 2012: 12.05Polish Open 2013: 11.62Warsaw Open 2014: 11.40Warsaw Cube Masters 2015: 10.30WLS Wiosna 2016: 11.71WLS Lato 2016: 11.05WLS Jesień 2016: 12.44Polish Championship 2016: 10.61DLS Czerwiec 2017: 11.58Project Łuków 2018: 12.39III Project Warszawa 2019: 11.7610.1625.1330 Aug 200823 Nov 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.