People · Slovenia
Tomaž Saje
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SAJE01
Tomaž Saje has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Medvode Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Slovenia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2022, he has put 781 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.37 in September 2022 to 7.70, a 56% improvement. He has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Slovenia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.70 | 9.22 | top 2.3% | 12 / 381 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.55 | 12.80 | top 2.4% | 5 / 138 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.43 | top 5.2% | 27 / 332 | |
| 4×4 | 33.79 | 38.84 | top 5.6% | 9 / 176 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.24 | 1:12.20 | top 9.8% | 9 / 96 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 7.05 | top 11.9% | 30 / 155 | |
| Clock | 8.77 | 10.05 | top 18.8% | 19 / 73 | |
| Square-1 | 17.54 | 23.48 | top 22.2% | 18 / 59 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.15 | 14.59 | top 37.4% | 117 / 233 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 18 / 36 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Croatian Championship 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Graz Open 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Medvode Open 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bavarian Open 2023.
- 25 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Slovenian Nationals 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.28 at Zreče Open 2023.
Competitions
- Slovenian Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- Trebelno Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lipovljani Newcomer Day 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Varaždin Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Medvode Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Croatian Championship 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Trieste Speedcubing 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenian Nationals 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Maribor Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Graz Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Medvode Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bavarian Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2023 · 25 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Zreče Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
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.
- David Vujasić — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Matic Omulec — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Matej Brkić — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.