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Denis Saniga

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017SANI02

Denis Saniga has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Nové Mesto Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Slovakia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since November 2017, he has put 1,220 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.53 in November 2017 to 7.16, a 71% improvement. Denis has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.16
signature single · Nové Mesto Open 2026
1,220
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSlovakia
3×37.168.51
top 1.5%14 / 447
2×21.372.84
top 1.6%15 / 375
4×428.4733.08
top 2.0%10 / 214
Skewb2.314.42
top 2.3%9 / 182
5×553.961:05.92
top 3.0%7 / 110
Pyraminx4.466.54
top 10.0%44 / 254
6×62:12.072:13.87
top 16.4%8 / 42
7×73:48.524:07.40
top 26.6%12 / 37
3×3 one-handed29.8333.71
top 46.3%62 / 145
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.33
early days — 3 solves29 / 48
Megaminx2:16.31—
early days — 2 solves51 / 93
Clock16.8420.80
top 54.9%62 / 97

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

Polish Nationals 2017: 24.53Bratislava Open 2017: 24.14Slovakian Spring 2018: 16.20Slovakian Cube Day 2018: 11.35Slovakian Summer 2018: 13.52Bratislava Mental Breakdown 2018: 16.27Pszczyna Open 2018: 12.75Project Jastrzębie-Zdrój 2018: 13.53Banská Bystrica Open 2024: 11.81Dolné Orešany Cube Day 2024: 9.92Lužice Winter 2024: 9.81Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025: 10.07Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025: 8.58Cube4fun Tylmanowa Spring 2025: 9.29Dolné Orešany Open 2025: 8.55Slovak Championship 2025: 8.86Frenštátský Cube Together 2025: 7.42Back to School in Ivanka 2025: 7.45Dolné Orešany Clock Day 2025: 8.86Ladce Open 2025: 9.03Suchá nad Parnou Open 2026: 8.75Cube4fun Tylmanowa Winter 2026: 7.64Třinec Open 2026: 8.11Ružomberok Open 2026: 7.82Cubing in Ružinov: April 2026: 7.91All Rounders Katowice I 2026: 8.05Nové Mesto Open 2026: 7.16Beskidy Cubing Days 2026: 7.84Dolné Orešany Open 2026: 7.99Slovak Championship 2026: 8.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.16Kostelec Skewbing 2026: 7.657.1624.5317 Nov 201715 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.