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Franciszek Traple

Skewb · top 4.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019TRAP01

Franciszek Traple has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Korzenna Spring Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in Poland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2019, he has put 428 official solves on the record across eleven 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 23.98 in October 2019 to 9.25, a 61% improvement. Franciszek has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.4% of 73,281 all-time
2.88
signature single · Korzenna Spring Open 2023
428
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 standingPoland
Skewb2.885.71
top 4.4%216 / 2,810
3×39.2512.82
top 5.5%512 / 6,576
2×22.394.35
top 7.9%612 / 5,422
Pyraminx5.7211.98
top 18.0%1,054 / 4,406
4×447.2449.63
top 21.1%598 / 2,851
Clock10.2111.22
top 26.2%489 / 1,549
5×51:36.301:50.86
top 32.5%445 / 1,442
3×3 one-handed24.7028.56
top 33.4%699 / 2,176
Megaminx2:03.66
top 47.9%628 / 1,384
6×64:00.294:23.57
top 65.5%419 / 669
7×76:25.74
early days — 2 solves391 / 546

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

Project Dębica 2019: 23.98III Project Warszawa 2019: 20.65Dragon Cubing 2020: 15.58Project Pawłowice 2021: 18.13September Speedcubing Tour Naprawa 2021: 15.59Cubers Eve Lubartów 2021: 13.51Cube4fun League VIII Bełżyce 2022: 12.61Cube4fun League X Rzeszów 2022: 13.13Cubing Rising Stars Olesno 2022: 12.86Reach Your Goals Wrocław 2023: 15.20Korzenna Spring Open 2023: 13.38Dragon Cubing II 2023: 12.09No Triangle in Rzeszów 2024: 9.25Energy Cube Konin 2025: 11.909.2523.9826 Oct 20195 Apr 2025

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.