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Jason Kovacic

3×3 · top 44.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005KOVA01

Jason Kovacic has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.59, set at US Nationals 2006, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,525th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2005, he has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.84 in October 2005 to 21.59, a 22% improvement. Jason has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.3% of 284,439 all-time
21.59
signature single · US Nationals 2006
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.5924.63
top 44.3%25,525 / 59,724
4×41:40.052:13.86
top 70.6%12,693 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed50.84
top 77.5%11,345 / 15,683
2×210.22
early days — 2 solves32,643 / 40,951

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

Caltech Fall competition 2005: 27.84Rubik's World Championship 2005: 24.89Caltech Winter competition 2006: 21.63US Nationals 2006: 21.5921.5927.8422 Oct 20054 Aug 2006

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.

  • Leyan Lo — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Clancy Cochran — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 10.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.