People · Poland
Jan Buff
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BUFF01
Jan Buff has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Cube4fun Double Weekend Dębica 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 307 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in July 2023 to 9.78, a 23% improvement. Jan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.85 | top 6.4% | 520 / 5,487 | |
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 10.79 | top 6.9% | 636 / 6,670 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 6.14 | top 11.0% | 709 / 4,456 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 5.94 | top 17.7% | 680 / 2,848 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.21 | 24.42 | top 18.5% | 431 / 2,202 | |
| 4×4 | 45.31 | 50.36 | top 18.7% | 550 / 2,894 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.70 | 1:35.39 | top 28.1% | 386 / 1,389 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.75 | 1:48.60 | top 34.5% | 482 / 1,458 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Dębica Cubing Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dębica Cubing Summer 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Dragon Cubing I 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dragon Cubing II 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cube4fun Double Weekend Dębica 2023.
- 28 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at No Triangle in Dębica 2023.
Competitions
- Dragon Cubing XII 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Polish Open 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dębica Cubing Winter 2025 · 21 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dębica Cubing Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dragon Cubing I 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Dragon Cubing II 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Double Weekend Dębica 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- No Triangle in Dębica 2023 · 28 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Dragon Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Igor Łabędź — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Magdalena Pabisz — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
- Łukasz Burliga — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.