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Jakub Pańka

Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PANK02

Jakub Pańka has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Chorzów Cubing Days 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 189th in Poland. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2022, he has put 922 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.53 in August 2022 to 8.33, a 63% improvement. Jakub has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.3% of 130,891 all-time
2.54
signature single · Chorzów Cubing Days 2026
922
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
Pyraminx2.546.86
top 2.3%189 / 4,456
2×21.703.26
top 3.1%303 / 5,487
3×38.3310.55
top 3.4%350 / 6,670
Skewb2.986.15
top 4.9%232 / 2,848
Clock6.338.29
top 8.4%188 / 1,574
3×3 one-handed17.1421.39
top 13.0%313 / 2,202
4×449.4558.88
top 24.1%698 / 2,894
Square-121.3125.64
top 31.0%328 / 1,014
5×51:35.871:47.65
top 32.2%445 / 1,458
6×63:44.44—
top 60.5%381 / 670
7×75:45.65—
top 64.2%338 / 548

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 VII Pawłowice 2022: 22.53Cube4fun League IX Bielsko-Biała 2022: 18.87Cube4fun League XI Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2022: 19.73Cubing Rising Stars Olesno 2022: 13.40Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2023: 13.21Goats of Cubing 2023: 11.77Cube4fun Cubers Eve Tarnowskie Góry 2023: 11.63Żory Open 2024: 10.38Chorzów Open 2024: 10.75Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2024: 11.29Cube4fun Wisła Masters 2024: 9.64Żory Open 2025: 10.25Cubing Mine Rybnik III 2025: 11.58Silesian Cubing Mysłowice 2025: 10.01Gliwice Open 2025: 8.33Silesian Cubing Chorzów 2025: 9.34Chorzów Cubing Days 2025: 9.08Żory Open 2026: 9.55Kielce Open 2026: 10.00Żmigród Open 2026: 9.72Silesia Cubing Days 2026: 9.89Chorzów Cubing Days 2026: 9.428.3322.536 Aug 20223 Oct 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.