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Branko Kobal

Pyraminx · top 19.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009KOBA03

Branko Kobal has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at Hungarian Open 2013, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Slovenia. Across 52 competitions since June 2009, he has put 1,646 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.06 in June 2009 to 13.92, a 49% improvement. Branko has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 19.7% of 129,321 all-time
5.96
signature single · Hungarian Open 2013
1,646
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSlovenia
Pyraminx5.969.58
top 19.7%71 / 233
2×23.536.00
top 20.6%88 / 332
3×313.9217.69
top 20.7%112 / 381
3×3 blindfolded1:52.42—
top 30.8%7 / 28
Square-121.2725.82
top 30.8%25 / 59
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 54:06—
top 39.9%7 / 13
Megaminx1:49.211:58.64
top 39.9%31 / 82
4×41:03.551:20.28
top 40.2%75 / 176
Clock13.1316.85
top 40.2%39 / 73
Skewb7.8712.99
top 40.3%83 / 155
3×3 one-handed27.9037.89
top 41.7%51 / 138
5×52:20.332:52.54
top 61.2%63 / 96
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 1 solve33 / 36
4×4 blindfolded20:27.00—
early days — 2 solves5 / 6
6×65:56.75—
top 90.4%38 / 43
7×713:15.00—
early days — 1 solve40 / 41

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

Mammut Open 2009: 27.06Slovenian Open 2010: 23.78European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 23.16Mantua Spring 2011: 17.63Croatian Rubik Open 2011: 16.81Austrian Open 2012: 19.36Slovenian Open 2012: 18.22Bosnia and Herzegovina Open 2012: 14.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 18.71Slovenian Open 2013: 18.58Ljubljana Open 2013: 16.94Hungarian Open 2013: 19.42Slovenian Open 2014: 14.61Maribor Open 2014: 16.69Slovenian Open 2015: 17.06Lent Open 2015: 16.15Slovenian Open 2016: 18.96Croatian Open 2016: 17.60Ljubljana Open 2016: 16.85Slovenian Open 2017: 19.34Ljubljana Open 2017: 21.32Ponikva Open 2018: 18.03Slovenia Nationals 2018: 17.67Ljubljana Open 2018: 19.17Ponikva Open 2019: 16.69Slovenian Nationals 2019: 18.06Prebold Open 2019: 17.18Ljubljana Open 2019: 16.97Ponikva Open 2022: 16.83Slovenian Nationals 2022: 17.31Budapest ReOpen 2022: 18.24Ponikva Open 2023: 16.53Zreče Open 2023: 17.48Slovenian Nationals 2023: 17.51Croatian Nationals 2023: 15.54Medvode Open 2023: 16.55Novo Mesto Open 2024: 13.92Maribor Open 2024: 16.44Slovenian Nationals 2024: 15.22Medvode Open 2024: 16.31Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 16.48Trebelno Open 2025: 17.53Slovenian Nationals 2025: 18.82Medvode Open 2025: 20.02Prlekija Open 2026: 17.93Maribor Open 2026: 18.2513.9227.0617 Jun 20097 Mar 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.