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István Szepesi-Nagy

2×2 · top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014SZEP01

István Szepesi-Nagy has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Croatian Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Hungary. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since October 2014, he has put 1,472 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.27 in October 2014 to 9.29, a 49% improvement. He has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time
0.90
signature single · Croatian Open 2016
1,472
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×20.904.07
top 0.38%13 / 919
3×39.2911.77
top 5.6%88 / 1,226
Skewb3.256.05
top 6.3%35 / 324
3×3 one-handed17.5929.03
top 14.0%69 / 445
4×447.2956.12
top 21.2%116 / 509
Pyraminx6.2010.37
top 21.5%141 / 495
3×3 blindfolded1:46.023:43.07
top 28.6%34 / 102
Square-122.2831.32
top 33.1%46 / 167
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves42.33
top 44.7%52 / 117
5×51:57.052:20.85
top 47.4%131 / 315
Megaminx2:11.302:50.43
top 51.9%108 / 190
Clock16.5123.29
top 53.7%90 / 185
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 13:42—
early days — 3 solves28 / 40
6×64:41.365:16.78
top 77.5%104 / 130
7×77:58.81—
top 88.3%99 / 116

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

Hungarian Open 2014: 18.27Bratislava Open 2014: 16.05B.O.N.D. Open 2015: 15.50Slovenian Open 2015: 15.16Croatian Open 2015: 16.00Slovakian Open 2015: 12.62Hungarian Open 2015: 12.41Bratislava Open 2015: 13.19Swedish Championship 2015: 12.84Slovenian Open 2016: 13.40German Open 2016: 13.06Hungarian Nationals 2016: 11.95European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 11.48Michigan 2016: 13.02Slovakian Open 2016: 10.92Croatian Open 2016: 11.49Hungarian Open 2016: 12.19Hungarian Nationals 2017: 11.25Slovakian Cube Day 2017: 11.53Eger Open 2017: 10.04World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.97Hungarian Open 2017: 9.29Bratislava Open 2017: 11.10Osijek Open 2018: 12.11Budapest Open 2018: 10.73U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2018: 9.94Hungarian Open 2018: 11.09Italian Championship 2018: 10.48SSL 1 Åkers Styckebruk 2019: 10.41Budapest Open 2019: 10.239.2918.2717 Oct 201430 Mar 2019

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 1.29 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.