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Borys Pałczyński

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023PALC01

Borys Pałczyński has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Bednary Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since March 2023, he has put 1,019 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in March 2023 to 7.82, a 48% improvement. Borys has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.34
signature single · Bednary Open 2023
1,019
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.343.12
top 1.5%174 / 5,422
3×37.829.66
top 2.5%265 / 6,576
Pyraminx3.606.17
top 5.9%413 / 4,406
Clock5.626.79
top 6.0%131 / 1,549
4×435.6543.76
top 7.3%234 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed15.7820.32
top 9.7%220 / 2,176
Skewb3.874.72
top 10.0%430 / 2,810
5×51:15.561:25.95
top 15.8%229 / 1,442
Megaminx1:46.351:56.94
top 38.3%512 / 1,384
6×63:10.15—
early days — 2 solves284 / 669
Square-135.1238.81
top 58.6%541 / 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

Energy Cube Konin 2023: 15.13Energy Cube Koło 2023: 14.47Cube4fun in Bełchatów 2023: 14.06Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2023: 11.49Bednary Open 2023: 10.11Nowa Sól Open 2024: 9.58Energy Cube Konin 2024: 10.39Gniezno Open 2024: 9.84Żmigród Open 2024: 9.64Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2024: 11.18Polish Championship 2024: 8.61Piła Open 2025: 10.45Energy Cube Konin 2025: 7.82Żmigród Open 2025: 9.45Królowie Speedcubingu Gniezno 2025: 8.87Cube Factory League Final Łódź 2025: 9.10Polish Championship 2025: 8.68Gorzów Cubing Days 2026: 9.07Cube Factory League Kalisz 2026: 8.49Żmigród Open 2026: 8.52Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.267.8215.134 Mar 202316 Jul 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.