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Jēkabs Janovs

Pyraminx · top 1.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016JANO01

Jēkabs Janovs has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Smart Cube Fest 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Latvia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,351 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in October 2016 to 8.09, a 49% improvement. He has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.6% of 129,321 all-time
2.26
signature single · Smart Cube Fest 2018
2,351
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Pyraminx2.264.08
top 1.6%6 / 185
Skewb2.115.11
top 1.7%4 / 117
2×21.562.87
top 2.4%7 / 237
3×38.099.61
top 2.9%11 / 309
3×3 one-handed13.1117.70
top 4.6%9 / 113
4×435.2838.49
top 6.9%10 / 112
Megaminx54.061:06.18
top 7.0%5 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves30.33
top 8.0%4 / 42
Square-112.3418.14
top 10.6%7 / 48
5×51:14.201:18.26
top 14.7%13 / 74
3×3 blindfolded1:10.141:37.95
top 16.2%4 / 24
Clock8.6810.73
top 18.4%18 / 60
6×62:36.862:56.26
top 29.1%13 / 39
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 26:40—
top 35.7%4 / 12
7×74:50.505:01.40
top 47.9%13 / 31
4×4 blindfolded16:10.00—
early days — 1 solve5 / 7

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 2016: 15.90Tartu Open 2016: 12.92Sigulda Open 2017: 13.00Šiauliai-Tilžė Open 2017: 13.75Tallinn Open 2017: 13.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.03Lithuanian Open 2017: 11.69Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 11.06Latvian Open 2017: 12.05Tartu Open 2017: 10.11Kaunas Open 2018: 11.44Riga Special 2018: 10.98Pärnu Open 2018: 9.87Riga Open 2018: 9.82Sigulda Open 2018: 10.05Estonian Open 2018: 9.71Smart Cube Fest 2018: 10.35Latvian Open 2018: 10.71Tartu Open 2018: 9.79Denmark & Friends 2019: 10.12Võru Värk 2019: 10.35Swedish Championship 2019: 8.81Sigulda Open 2019: 9.56Latvian Open 2019: 9.18Tartu Open 2021: 10.00Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.11Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 9.24Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.32Finnish Championship 2022: 8.37Level Up Uusimaa 2022: 8.09Tartu Open 2022: 9.27Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 8.81Gulf of Finland 2023: 8.90Ehte Cube Days 2023: 9.118.0915.9022 Oct 201618 Mar 2023

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.