People · Poland
Igor Merker
3×3 · top 5.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025MERK01
Igor Merker has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Chorzów Cubing Days 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in Poland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2025, he has put 265 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.93 in April 2025 to 9.15, a 46% improvement. Igor 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 | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 11.74 | top 5.3% | 492 / 6,670 | |
| 4×4 | 36.80 | 44.65 | top 8.6% | 276 / 2,894 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 2.73 | top 8.6% | 671 / 5,487 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 7.30 | top 9.4% | 624 / 4,456 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 7.45 | top 19.5% | 742 / 2,848 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.27 | 24.63 | top 21.3% | 483 / 2,202 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.22 | 1:47.27 | top 32.9% | 440 / 1,389 | |
| Clock | 11.87 | 15.79 | top 34.2% | 615 / 1,574 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.43 | 1:56.31 | top 40.3% | 548 / 1,458 | |
| 6×6 | 4:15.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 452 / 670 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Chorzów Cubing Days 2026.
- 30 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Beskidy Cubing Days 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Żory Open 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Żory Open 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Mielec Cubing Days 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cube4fun Lublin Autumn 2025.
Competitions
- Chorzów Cubing Days 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beskidy Cubing Days 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Żory Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Mielec Cubing Days 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Lublin Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beskidy Cubing Day 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Silesian Cubing Chorzów 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Lublin Spring 2025 · 27 Apr 2025
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.
- Aleksander Sołonczak — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Łukasz Burliga — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Karol Zakrzewski — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.