People · Lithuania
Mantas Žemaitis
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019ZEMA01
Mantas Žemaitis has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Prienai Open 2022, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Lithuania. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2019, he has put 304 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.34 in February 2019 to 2.34, a 68% improvement. Mantas 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 | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 11.76 | top 6.9% | 31 / 324 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.40 | top 7.4% | 28 / 252 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 7.69 | top 9.6% | 21 / 178 | |
| 4×4 | 46.23 | 52.05 | top 19.8% | 26 / 152 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.25 | 27.28 | top 21.2% | 23 / 116 | |
| Square-1 | 17.65 | 25.56 | top 22.5% | 14 / 65 | |
| Skewb | 6.82 | 8.90 | top 32.2% | 30 / 108 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:09.19 | — | top 36.4% | 7 / 22 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.95 | 2:03.27 | top 42.6% | 33 / 97 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.00 | — | top 52.2% | 31 / 81 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 23 / 37 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.30 | 4:15.64 | top 64.1% | 27 / 42 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Lithuanian Nationals 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vilnius Winter Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Prienai Open 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Prienai Open 2022.
- 7 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at IndalOpen 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.66 at Telšiai Open 2019.
Competitions
- Lithuanian Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Vilnius Winter Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Prienai Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IndalOpen 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Telšiai Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kaunas Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
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.
- Jānis Zirnis — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Roberts Dreijers — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mantas Urbanavičius — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.