Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Poland → Ignacy Rataj

People · Poland

Ignacy Rataj

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RATA01

Ignacy Rataj has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Dragon Cubing XII 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 329th in Poland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2022, he has put 768 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.00 in May 2022 to 8.24, a 66% improvement. Ignacy has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.24
signature single · Dragon Cubing XII 2026
768
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×38.2410.47
top 3.2%329 / 6,576
Pyraminx3.216.52
top 4.4%326 / 4,406
2×22.103.41
top 5.4%454 / 5,422
Clock6.106.97
top 7.6%168 / 1,549
Skewb3.626.74
top 8.4%375 / 2,810
3×3 one-handed16.8719.48
top 12.3%292 / 2,176
Megaminx1:42.18—
top 35.9%483 / 1,384
4×41:02.78—
top 39.4%1,024 / 2,851

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

Cube4fun League V Zawiercie 2022: 24.00Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022: 15.62Cube4fun League IX Bielsko-Biała 2022: 20.98Cube4fun League X Rzeszów 2022: 23.30Cube4fun in Dębica 2023: 13.57Korzenna Spring Open 2023: 16.61Cube4fun Double Weekend Dębica 2023: 16.34Cube4fun Wisła Masters 2023: 16.03Polish Championship 2023: 19.00Dragon Cubing II 2023: 14.00Rzeszów Open 2024: 15.07Castle Mania Niepołomice 2024: 13.74SLS Maj 2024: 16.06Dębica Cubing Summer 2024: 15.52Polish Championship 2024: 13.86Dragon Cubing II 2024: 12.34Cube4fun in Tylmanowa 2025: 11.97Rzeszów Open 2025: 13.14Beskidy Cubing Day 2025: 10.77Polish Open 2025: 10.72Cube4fun Tylmanowa Autumn 2025: 12.59Polish Championship 2025: 10.66Dragon Cubing XI 2025: 11.56Dębica Cubing Winter 2026: 10.17Beskidy Cubing Days 2026: 10.05Warm Up Niepołomice 2026: 9.19Dragon Cubing XII 2026: 8.248.2424.0021 May 202222 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.