People · Hungary
Bence Kovács
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 8.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014KOVA07
Bence Kovács has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 27 moves, set at Bratislava Open 2015, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Hungary. Across 26 competitions since July 2014, he has put 1,211 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.85 in July 2014 to 10.54, a 66% improvement. Bence has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 33.67 | top 8.0% | 12 / 117 | |
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 13.61 | top 9.1% | 149 / 1,226 | |
| Square-1 | 11.86 | 16.84 | top 9.6% | 14 / 167 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 6.68 | top 11.9% | 84 / 495 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.33 | top 13.8% | 179 / 919 | |
| Skewb | 4.58 | 7.59 | top 15.1% | 66 / 324 | |
| 4×4 | 46.49 | 52.97 | top 20.2% | 111 / 509 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.38 | 1:33.97 | top 21.3% | 41 / 190 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.41 | 27.09 | top 29.9% | 153 / 445 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.26 | 1:47.21 | top 32.4% | 85 / 315 | |
| 7×7 | 4:34.16 | 4:46.11 | top 42.5% | 38 / 116 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.02 | 3:38.63 | top 50.1% | 57 / 130 | |
| Clock | 15.85 | — | top 51.3% | 82 / 185 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:16.15 | — | top 71.6% | 76 / 102 |
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
- 13 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2017.
- 1 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Eger Open 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Hungarian Nationals 2017.
- 3 Sep 2016Six personal bests in one day at Croatian Open 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Six personal bests in one day at Slovenian Open 2016.
- 14 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at Bratislava Open 2015.
Competitions
- Hungarian Open 2018 · 28 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Budapest Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2017 · 13 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Eger Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
- Hungarian Nationals 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2016 · 28 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Croatian Open 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Nationals 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenian Open 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2016 · 12 Mar 2016
- Bratislava Open 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2015 · 18 Sep 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Croatian Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Lent Open 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Bratislava No-Cutoff Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Hungarian Nationals 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Slovenian Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 9 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
- Osijek Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- B.O.N.D. Open 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Bratislava Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Slovakian Open 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Croatian Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014
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.
- Bence Barát — met in 294 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Olivér Perge — met in 231 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Dániel Varga — met in 220 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.