People · United States
Jakub Zytka
Skewb · top 0.27% of 74,164 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023ZYTK01
Jakub Zytka has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2023, he has put 487 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.45 in December 2023 to 7.31, a 23% improvement. Jakub has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.35 | 2.03 | top 0.27% | 40 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 7.31 | 8.96 | top 1.7% | 1,057 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 2.91 | top 2.0% | 811 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.77 | 17.93 | top 4.1% | 603 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 33.42 | 38.35 | top 5.4% | 829 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 7.15 | top 8.7% | 2,289 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 9.62 | 11.94 | top 23.1% | 1,814 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.63 | 2:05.00 | top 32.8% | 2,636 / 9,537 |
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 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 2 Dec 2023First competition: Rocky Top 2023. A 10.25 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Rocky Top 2023.
Competitions
- Soda City Cubing SC 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City NC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Nathan Smith — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- William Vandergrift — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.