People · Czech Republic
František Socha
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SOCH01
František Socha has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at Prague Pyraminxing 2023, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in the Czech Republic. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, he has put 400 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in March 2019 to 8.79, a 41% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.79 | 10.47 | top 4.4% | 86 / 801 | |
| 4×4 | 34.16 | 36.45 | top 6.1% | 30 / 446 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.00 | 7.99 | top 7.7% | 91 / 469 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.03 | top 8.3% | 109 / 652 | |
| Skewb | 4.36 | 6.88 | top 13.5% | 78 / 328 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.20 | 1:27.07 | top 15.6% | 44 / 254 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.12 | 30.54 | top 31.9% | 109 / 317 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.32 | 3:27.02 | early days — 3 solves | 51 / 123 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.63 | — | top 59.7% | 118 / 181 | |
| 7×7 | 5:41.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 70 / 101 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.75 | — | early days — 3 solves | 146 / 172 | |
| Clock | 34.78 | — | top 89.5% | 163 / 172 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Prague Pyraminxing 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Příbram Cube 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Příbram Cube 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Lužice Open 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021Six personal bests in one day at Chateau Cubing 2021.
- 28 Sep 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Brno Autumn 2019.
Competitions
- Czech Championship 2023 · 17 Nov 2023
- Prague Pyraminxing 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Příbram Cube 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Lužice Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Chateau Cubing 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Brno Autumn 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Brno Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Kostelec Open 2019 · 16 Mar 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.
- Tomáš Nguyen — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adam Hlavín — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Jindřich Halabala — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.