People · Hungary
Dávid Polyák
Square-1 · top 2.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019POLY03
Dávid Polyák has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at Budapest ReOpen 2022, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Hungary. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2019, he has put 299 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.08 in September 2019 to 10.53, a 62% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.53 | 12.32 | top 2.4% | 3 / 167 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.65 | top 8.0% | 108 / 919 | |
| 3×3 | 10.53 | 12.18 | top 9.0% | 146 / 1,226 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 8.08 | top 14.6% | 64 / 324 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.32 | 24.86 | top 21.4% | 113 / 445 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.99 | 10.09 | top 36.1% | 225 / 495 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 70 / 190 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.39 | 1:07.92 | top 41.1% | 221 / 509 | |
| 5×5 | 2:52.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 241 / 315 | |
| Clock | 31.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 154 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Nov 2022Six personal bests in one day at Budapest ReOpen 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-20 3×3: 14.68 at Budapest Open 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Budapest Open 2020.
- 20 Sep 2019First competition: Hungarian Open 2019. A 28.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hungarian All-Rounder 6: Shape of You 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Budapest Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Budapest Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Wiener Frühling 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Szokolya Open 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Budapest ReOpen 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Budapest Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2019 · 20 Sep 2019
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 54 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Szabolcs Szántai — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dániel Varga — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.