People · Mexico
Jan Verhoeven Lobato
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023LOBA03
Jan Verhoeven Lobato has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Puerta Victoria 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 335th in Mexico. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, he has put 142 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in July 2023 to 9.60, a 34% improvement. Jan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 12.29 | top 6.4% | 335 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.47 | top 10.8% | 402 / 3,018 | |
| 4×4 | 47.72 | 55.52 | top 21.8% | 479 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.10 | 1:55.54 | top 40.0% | 445 / 1,010 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.92 | 10.21 | top 44.1% | 1,004 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.40 | 45.85 | top 54.2% | 979 / 1,672 | |
| Megaminx | 2:49.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 762 / 1,042 | |
| Clock | 40.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 593 / 652 |
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
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Puerta Victoria 2024.
- 14 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Cronos Querétaro 2023. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025
- Puerta Victoria 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puerta Victoria 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing by the Cues 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- César Abraham Briones Arreola — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rodrigo Ángeles Montes de Oca — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Luis Fernando Garfias Arias — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.