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Daniel Panáček

2×2 · top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PANA04

Daniel Panáček has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Czech Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in the Czech Republic. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2022, he has put 791 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.52 in November 2022 to 9.22, a 59% improvement. Daniel has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.61
signature single · Czech Championship 2026
791
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCzech Republic
2×21.613.28
top 2.7%44 / 652
Pyraminx2.725.27
top 2.8%35 / 469
3×39.2211.94
top 5.4%99 / 801
Clock6.367.07
top 8.5%22 / 172
Megaminx1:03.111:08.75
top 11.6%30 / 181
Skewb4.266.96
top 12.8%72 / 328
4×442.3348.31
top 15.0%76 / 446
5×51:30.201:40.65
top 27.5%80 / 254
Square-121.9331.88
top 32.4%57 / 172
3×3 one-handed25.4629.04
top 35.6%119 / 317
6×63:14.573:16.48
top 48.0%64 / 123
7×75:33.29—
top 60.8%64 / 101

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

KoprCube 2022: 22.52Lužice Open 2023: 15.72Dolné Orešany Open 2023: 16.41Czech Open 2023: 14.87Beskid Cubing 2023: 16.37Czech Championship 2023: 14.58No Clock in Lužice 2023: 14.88KoprCube 2023: 13.27Chorzów Open 2024: 12.51Prague June 2024: 11.96Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.61Prague CubeMas 2024: 10.85Onelooking in Olomouc 2026: 11.47Czech Open 2026: 11.90Czech Championship 2026: 11.22Mini Guildford in Olomouc 2026: 9.229.2222.5226 Nov 202210 Oct 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.