People · Poland
Jakub Wolniewicz
Pyraminx · top 0.66% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012WOLN01
Jakub Wolniewicz has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at GLS Summer 2013, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Poland. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since April 2012, he has put 3,165 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.58 in April 2012 to 6.99, a 52% improvement. Jakub has entered 49 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.69 | 3.17 | top 0.66% | 62 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 6.99 | 9.56 | top 1.3% | 142 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 2.44 | top 2.2% | 233 / 5,422 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.07 | 14.16 | top 3.1% | 86 / 2,176 | |
| 4×4 | 33.40 | 40.64 | top 5.3% | 177 / 2,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.55 | 1:27.84 | top 14.2% | 211 / 1,442 | |
| Square-1 | 14.34 | 21.00 | top 14.9% | 164 / 1,002 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.83 | 1:30.52 | top 19.8% | 291 / 1,384 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 8.70 | top 25.6% | 921 / 2,810 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | top 33.6% | 177 / 466 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.47 | 3:58.91 | early days — 3 solves | 380 / 669 | |
| 7×7 | 5:51.67 | — | top 65.6% | 347 / 546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:21.87 | — | early days — 3 solves | 351 / 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
- 18 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Gdańsk Open 2015.
- 9 Nov 2013Four personal bests in one day at GLS Autumn Reda 2013.
- 14 Sep 2013Three personal bests in one day at Grudziadz Open 2013.
- 18 May 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Kraków Open 2013.
- 18 May 2013Three personal bests in one day at Kraków Open 2013.
- 20 Apr 2013Four personal bests in one day at Polish Open 2013.
Competitions
- Poznań Fanatic Cube 2018 · 9 Sep 2018
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- KKR Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2016 · 16 Sep 2016
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Gdańsk Rubik's Cube Day 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2015 · 9 Oct 2015
- ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015 · 18 Jul 2015
- Radomsko Cube Theory 2015 · 27 Jun 2015
- Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015 · 21 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Days Kraśnik 2015 · 30 May 2015
- Gdańsk Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2015 · 27 Mar 2015
- Grudziadz Open 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- PLS Autumn Reda 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Krakow Cubing Spree 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- PLS Gdańsk 2014 · 13 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- PLS Marina 2014 · 30 Aug 2014
- Bydgoszcz Summer 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 · 8 Aug 2014
- Poznan Open 2014 · 14 Jun 2014
- Polish Nationals 2014 · 31 May 2014
- Berlin Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- SLS Chorzow 2014 · 3 May 2014
- Rumia Open 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- SLS Gliwice 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014
- SLS Bielsko-Biala 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Warsaw Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cubers Eve 2013 · 21 Dec 2013
- Radom Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- GLS Autumn Reda 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Factory 2013 · 5 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Grudziadz Open 2013 · 14 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Chojnice Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- GLS Summer 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Nationals 2013 · 29 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kraków Open 2013 · 18 May 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Rumia Open 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Rybnik Open 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Jura Open 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Warszawa Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 8 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2012 · 4 Aug 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Spring Grudziadz 2012 · 21 Apr 2012
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.
- Wojciech Szatanowski — met in 498 rounds, finished ahead 391 times
- Marcin Jakubowski — met in 351 rounds, finished ahead 290 times
- Marcin Stachura — met in 313 rounds, finished ahead 250 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.