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Adrian Nowikiewicz

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011NOWI01

Adrian Nowikiewicz has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at PLS Sopot 2014, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 559th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2011, he has put 208 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.21 in March 2011 to 9.46, a 45% improvement. Adrian has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.46
signature single · PLS Sopot 2014
208
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×39.4613.88
top 6.0%559 / 6,576
2×23.435.49
top 19.3%1,319 / 5,422
4×41:07.251:38.27
top 44.2%1,144 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed33.2437.09
top 53.9%1,084 / 2,176
Pyraminx11.4913.24
top 63.9%2,976 / 4,406
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 3 solves342 / 466
Square-145.75
top 71.9%694 / 1,002

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

Grudziadz Open 2011: 17.21Bialystok Open 2011: 18.433Mola Open 2011: 19.27Polish Nationals 2011: 16.59Kociewie Open 2011: 13.72Cubing Spring Grudziadz 2012: 15.28Rumia Open 2013: 12.40PLS Sopot 2014: 9.46Grudziadz Open 2015: 13.81Olsztyn Open 2017: 13.42Szczytno Open 2019: 13.62Grudziądz Open 2019: 12.499.4619.2726 Mar 20116 Apr 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.