People · Poland
Hubert Firek
Skewb · top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015FIRE01
Hubert Firek has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Cube4fun Lublin on POLLUB 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Poland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 73 competitions since September 2015, he has put 3,145 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.65 in September 2015 to 9.03, a 38% improvement. Hubert has entered 73 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.27 | 5.85 | top 2.1% | 136 / 2,810 | |
| Clock | 4.05 | 4.96 | top 2.4% | 65 / 1,549 | |
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 4.25 | top 3.7% | 334 / 5,422 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.14 | 6.70 | top 4.1% | 305 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 10.56 | top 4.9% | 466 / 6,576 | |
| Megaminx | 52.68 | 1:02.49 | top 6.3% | 118 / 1,384 | |
| 4×4 | 35.03 | 40.11 | top 6.7% | 221 / 2,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.44 | 1:13.79 | top 8.0% | 122 / 1,442 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.44 | 23.25 | top 19.0% | 436 / 2,176 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.24 | 2:25.01 | top 20.6% | 140 / 669 | |
| 7×7 | 3:47.91 | 4:03.42 | top 26.5% | 134 / 546 | |
| Square-1 | 25.28 | 31.65 | top 39.7% | 399 / 1,002 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 45.33 | top 59.0% | 286 / 466 |
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
- 12 Jul 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Cube4fun in Biała Podlaska 2024.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Siedlce Open 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Cube4fun League X Rzeszów 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Cube4fun League VIII Bełżyce 2022.
- 18 Dec 2021Five personal bests in one day at Cubers Eve Lubartów 2021.
- 25 Sep 2021Three personal bests in one day at September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021.
Competitions
- Cube4fun Lublin on POLLUB 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- OlsztyNxN 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Cubers Eve Żyrardów 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Cube4fun in Lublin 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Polish Championship 2025 · 13 Nov 2025
- Cube Factory League Final Łódź 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Warm-Up Warsaw 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Siedlce Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Energy Cube Tomaszów Mazowiecki 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu III 2025 · 9 May 2025
- Fun with Fewest Moves in Warsaw 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CF Goes Sideways Brzeziny 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Energy Cube Konin 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Cube4fun Biała Rawska Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Cube4fun Warsaw Saturday 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun Cubers Eve Żyrardów 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Olsztyn Squared 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Polish Championship 2024 · 7 Nov 2024
- Cube4fun Double Weekend Lublin 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- Energy Cube Białołęka 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun in Biała Podlaska 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Siedlce Open 2024 · 31 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Energy Cube Konin 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun in Warsaw 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Bratislava Spring Is Coming 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GLS I 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Cube Factory Brzeziny 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun Siedlce Autumn 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Energy Cube Tomaszów Mazowiecki 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Olsztyn Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Energy Cube Ciechanów 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Siedlce Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Energy Cube Koło 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Energy Cube Konin 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ice Cubing Szczecinek 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun in Warsaw 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- GLS I 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
- Przeźmierowo Winter Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dragon Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Siedlce Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun in Dębica 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun League Final Skierniewice 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun League X Rzeszów 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun League IX Bielsko-Biała 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun League VIII Bełżyce 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2022 · 8 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun League VI Jasło 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UPP Poznań Cubing 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BrizZon Side Open II 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun League III Lubartów 2022 · 26 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun League Koło 2022 · 26 Feb 2022
- Dragon Side Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BrizZon Side Open 2022 · 22 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubers Eve Lubartów 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu IV Świdnik 2021 · 9 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2021 · 1 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing Tour Naprawa 2021 · 4 Sep 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu III Zamość 2021 · 24 Jul 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- BrizZon Side Open 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Dragon Cubing 2020 · 12 Sep 2020
- Project Łuków 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CFL Santa Claus Cube Race 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2017 · 17 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2016 · 9 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Warsaw Cube Masters 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Przemysław Rogalski — met in 468 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
- Piotr Olszewski — met in 385 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Ignacy Malinowski — met in 368 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.