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Jan Smarschevski

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009SMAR01

Jan Smarschevski has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at BW Open 2013, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since October 2009, he has put 1,413 official solves on the record across ten 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 11.66 in October 2009 to 7.61, a 35% improvement. Jan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.61
signature single · BW Open 2013
1,413
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 standingGermany
3×37.619.58
top 2.1%126 / 4,109
2×22.384.50
top 7.8%312 / 2,875
5×51:07.911:13.91
top 10.2%105 / 1,158
4×438.9044.25
top 10.8%202 / 1,934
6×62:24.082:34.70
top 22.6%101 / 586
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 3 solves100 / 338
3×3 one-handed23.9029.03
top 31.2%414 / 1,314
7×74:10.194:23.10
top 34.4%132 / 510
Megaminx1:52.052:05.35
top 41.5%312 / 787
Pyraminx19.8034.68
top 92.6%1,904 / 1,987

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 11.66German Nationals 2009: 10.06Aachen Open 2010: 10.71Düsseldorf Open 2010: 10.25East German Open 2010: 8.61German Nationals 2010: 9.80Munich Open 2010: 8.72Alania Open 2011: 8.96Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 9.40Düsseldorf Open 2011: 8.83Munich Open 2011: 9.34German Nationals 2011: 8.90BW Open 2012: 9.50Saarland Open 2012: 9.61Munich Open 2012: 9.25German Nationals 2012: 9.77Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 8.94BW Open 2013: 7.61Franconia Open 2013: 9.13Austrian Big Cube Open 2013: 8.77Munich Open 2013: 8.94German Nationals 2013: 9.43Franconia Winter 2013: 8.94Uppsala Open 2015: 8.97German Open 2015: 8.94German Nationals 2015: 9.71Munich Open 2015: 8.36German Nationals 2016: 8.917.6111.669 Oct 20097 Oct 2016

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.