People · Czech Republic
František Kovář
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019KOVA10
František Kovář has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at Borovany End of Summer 2023, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in the Czech Republic. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2019, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in July 2019 to 10.13, a 35% 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 | Czech Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.13 | 12.46 | top 7.8% | 117 / 787 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.66 | 39.91 | top 43.5% | 137 / 308 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.93 | 1:32.16 | top 50.6% | 257 / 440 | |
| 5×5 | 3:09.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 213 / 248 |
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
- 22 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Westfries Open 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019First competition: Kostelec Summer 2019. A 15.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Easter in Prague-East 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Prague Summer Opener 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Prague June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Příbram Cube 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Borovany End of Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lužice Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Prague Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kostelec Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 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.
- Cyril Teichmann — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Adam Kořínek — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tadeáš Faldus — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 3.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.