People · South Africa
Tomasz Jansen
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023JANS03
Tomasz Jansen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 90 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in February 2023 to 9.52, a 43% improvement. Tomasz has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 11.82 | top 6.2% | 59 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.79 | 9.78 | top 48.6% | 540 / 1,510 |
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
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024.
- 16 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.24 at CubingZA National Championship 2023.
- 16 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA National Championship 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First competition: Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023. A 16.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretoria Spring Morning 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- CubingZA National Championship 2023 · 16 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
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.
- Damian Jansen — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dawid Gous — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ian Luies — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.