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Sanjay Jacob
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013JACO02
Sanjay Jacob has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.32, set at Farnworth Spring B 2022, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 603rd in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2013, he has put 708 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.22 in May 2013 to 9.32, a 60% improvement. Sanjay has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 11.10 | top 5.7% | 603 / 20,146 | |
| Megaminx | 56.79 | 1:02.12 | top 8.4% | 67 / 1,458 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.84 | top 11.2% | 935 / 12,225 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 8.63 | top 12.7% | 341 / 3,548 | |
| 4×4 | 40.73 | 44.76 | top 13.0% | 352 / 4,220 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.12 | 7.36 | top 13.9% | 811 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:03.96 | 1:31.17 | top 14.3% | 58 / 605 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.69 | 23.07 | top 19.7% | 704 / 4,534 | |
| Square-1 | 16.74 | 21.28 | top 20.4% | 135 / 813 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.84 | 1:31.16 | top 20.7% | 230 / 1,537 | |
| Clock | 10.08 | 12.02 | top 25.3% | 218 / 1,109 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.45 | 3:11.80 | top 36.8% | 153 / 537 | |
| 7×7 | 5:16.24 | 5:29.34 | top 55.9% | 192 / 365 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 5 cubes · 27:54 | — | early days — 1 solve | 87 / 172 |
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 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Guildford Winter 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage Summer 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
Competitions
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023 · 24 Aug 2023
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Abu Dhabi 2019 · 26 Apr 2019
- Sharjah Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Drishti Cube Open 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Drishti Cube Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2016 · 13 May 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2013 · 11 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 94 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harry Savage — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead once
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,829 people have one; it is 6.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.