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Jānis Zirnis

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013ZIRN01

Jānis Zirnis has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Šiauliai Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Latvia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 123 competitions since December 2013, he has put 7,311 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.13 in December 2013 to 8.79, a 62% improvement. He has entered 123 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.59
signature single · Šiauliai Open 2024
7,311
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
2×21.593.31
top 2.6%9 / 237
3×38.7910.76
top 4.4%15 / 309
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves35.00
top 5.1%1 / 42
Pyraminx3.456.64
top 5.3%20 / 185
3×3 one-handed13.8018.00
top 5.7%13 / 113
3×3 blindfolded47.141:12.27
top 9.0%2 / 24
Skewb3.776.43
top 9.4%15 / 117
Square-112.4816.43
top 10.8%9 / 48
4×439.4245.60
top 11.4%18 / 112
5×51:11.541:16.28
top 12.7%11 / 74
Clock7.4510.74
top 12.8%10 / 60
6×62:07.322:22.33
top 14.2%6 / 39
7×73:15.633:23.94
top 15.0%7 / 31
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 55:55—
top 17.7%2 / 12
Megaminx1:21.951:32.00
top 23.1%16 / 73
4×4 blindfolded9:33.2511:29.00
top 54.9%2 / 7
5×5 blindfolded20:59.00—
top 64.4%2 / 3

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

Latvian Open 2013: 23.13Latvian Open 2014: 14.54Riga Open 2015: 16.32Latvian Open 2015: 16.41Latvian Open 2016: 16.41Tartu Open 2016: 13.24Šiauliai-Tilžė Open 2017: 13.47Riga Open 2017: 12.49Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 14.34Latvian Open 2017: 13.98Tartu Open 2017: 14.45Riga Special 2018: 14.67Pärnu Open 2018: 13.15Vilnius Open 2018: 12.68Riga Open 2018: 12.51Sigulda Open 2018: 13.22Estonian Open 2018: 12.99Latvian Open 2018: 13.86Kaunas Open 2019: 12.90Denmark & Friends 2019: 13.14Telšiai Open 2019: 11.37Sigulda Open 2019: 12.23Latvian Open 2019: 11.99Estonian Open 2020: 13.76Vilnius Open 2021: 13.08Finnish Championship 2021: 11.52Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 11.19Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 11.87Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 11.58Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 11.48Prienai Open 2022: 11.64Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.31Valmiera Open 2022: 10.95Vilnius Open 2022: 11.64Estonian Open 2022: 10.85Gulf of Finland 2022: 12.53PärNuti Cubing 2022: 10.43Latvian Championship 2022: 11.02Irish Championship 2022: 9.99Kaunas Open 2022: 10.45Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 10.45Oulu Open 2022: 11.55Tartu Open 2022: 11.45Vilnius Winter Open 2023: 12.08Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023: 10.34Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 10.69Gulf of Finland 2023: 11.51Ehte Cube Days 2023: 9.52Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 10.46Autotalo All Events 2023: 11.43Autotalo Small Cubes 2023: 10.36Tampere 2023: 10.38Swedish Championship 2023: 9.92Pulmapelipäivät 2023: 8.79Jāņi Kārķos 2023: 10.02Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 9.96Tallinn Open 2023: 10.45Sigulda Open 2023: 10.45Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023: 10.56Estonian Open 2023: 10.55Lithuanian Nationals 2023: 10.92Spanish Championship 2023: 10.63Tartu Open 2023: 9.91Vilnius Winter 2024: 10.32Šiauliai Open 2024: 11.03Ropaži Mini-Open 2024: 10.21Jāņi Kārķos 2024: 11.07Dobeles Vasara 2024: 10.70Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 10.81Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.02Kārķi Open 2024: 8.94Estonian Championship 2024: 11.80Finnish Championship 2024: 10.19Rīga Open 2024: 10.74Vilnius Winter Open 2025: 11.76NxN Rīgā 2025: 10.77Kuldīgas Pavasaris 2025: 8.86Kaunas Open 2025: 10.04Swedish Championship 2025: 10.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.74Kārķi Open 2025: 10.72Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 10.67Zarasai 2026: 10.27Rīga Open 2026: 10.09Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 10.27Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 11.30Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2026: 11.09Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 8.90Jonava Open 2026: 9.923x3x3 un Nekas Cits Rīgā 2026: 10.09Jelgavas Vasara 2026: 11.71NxNxN Rīgā 2026: 9.77Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.77Viljandi Open 2026: 9.62Kārķi Open 2026: 9.618.7923.137 Dec 201326 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.