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Csaba Karácsony

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017KARA04

Csaba Karácsony has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at Budapest Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Hungary. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2017, he has put 436 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.34 in March 2017 to 9.19, a 72% improvement. Csaba has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.19
signature single · Budapest Open 2026
436
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
3×39.1912.74
top 5.3%82 / 1,226
2×22.683.89
top 10.7%143 / 919
4×443.3746.27
top 16.2%91 / 509
3×3 one-handed19.1028.58
top 18.1%93 / 445
Skewb5.098.16
top 18.8%80 / 324
5×51:27.131:34.82
top 25.0%65 / 315
6×63:02.17—
early days — 2 solves45 / 130
Megaminx2:07.52—
early days — 2 solves101 / 190
Pyraminx9.7312.75
top 50.9%317 / 495
Clock17.90—
top 58.4%103 / 185

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

Hungarian Nationals 2017: 32.34Eger Open 2017: 21.80Hungarian Open 2017: 23.03Budapest Open 2020: 15.56Budapest ReOpen 2022: 13.33Budapest Summer 2023: 10.35Budapest Back to School 2023: 12.60Hungarian Open 2023: 12.47Kőbánya Cube Day 2023: 11.72Budapest Summer 2024: 13.59Budapest Spring 2025: 10.06Hungarian Open 2025: 11.98Hungarian All-Rounder 1 2026: 11.29Hungarian All-Rounder 2 2026: 10.87Budapest Open 2026: 9.19Hungarian All-Rounder 4 2026: 12.25Hungarian All-Rounder 6 2026: 11.92Hungarian All-Rounder 7 2026: 11.039.1932.3425 Mar 20175 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.