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Jan Machalski

3×3 · top 49.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2008 · 2008MACH01

Jan Machalski has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.49, set at Marina Gdansk Open 2008, puts him in the top 49.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,516th in Poland. Across 3 competitions since June 2008, he has put 13 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.86 in June 2008 to 23.49, a 29% improvement. Jan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.49
signature single · Marina Gdansk Open 2008
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×323.4928.09
top 49.1%3,516 / 6,576
Megaminx3:31.06
early days — 1 solve1,187 / 1,384
2×218.08
early days — 2 solves5,137 / 5,422
3×3 one-handed1:42.18
early days — 2 solves2,115 / 2,176
4×43:20.47
early days — 1 solve2,812 / 2,851

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

Polish Open 2008: 32.86Marina Gdansk Open 2008: 23.4923.4932.867 Jun 200830 Aug 2008

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.49 away.
  • A sub-3:00 Megaminx single — 25,853 people have one; it is 31.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.