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József Katona

Pyraminx · top 0.62% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019KATO02

József Katona has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Hungary. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,724 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.37 in August 2019 to 7.49, a 78% improvement. He has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.62% of 129,321 all-time
1.66
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2026
1,724
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
Pyraminx1.662.69
top 0.62%8 / 495
2×21.113.62
top 0.79%20 / 919
3×37.499.97
top 2.0%33 / 1,226
4×432.1637.08
top 4.3%25 / 509
5×559.621:06.21
top 5.3%17 / 315
Skewb3.215.72
top 6.1%34 / 324
3×3 one-handed14.2019.42
top 6.5%31 / 445
Megaminx53.341:02.37
top 6.7%11 / 190
6×61:54.152:10.83
top 8.7%11 / 130
7×73:14.503:33.25
top 14.6%17 / 116
Clock8.639.57
top 18.1%27 / 185
Square-116.1225.88
top 18.9%24 / 167
3×3 blindfolded4:49.61—
early days — 2 solves81 / 102

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

German Nationals 2019: 33.37Munich Open 2019: 19.05Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 12.15Franconia Mini Open B 2022: 10.75Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 11.15Cubing in HD 2023: 9.76German Nationals 2023: 9.01Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 11.10Bavarian Open 2023: 10.07Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 8.99Central Germany 2024: 10.33Franconia First Timers 2024: 9.92Hessen Mini Open 2024: 9.82Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 9.87Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024: 9.99Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 9.47Franconia Christmas B 2024: 9.82Geselliges Gewürfel Göttingen 2025: 8.60Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.86Hungarian Open 2025: 8.49Rhön Open 2026: 8.20Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 9.35German Open 2026: 8.85Darmstadt Open 2026: 7.49Hessen Open 2026: 8.30CuBonn Open 2026: 8.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.57Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 9.707.4933.372 Aug 201928 Aug 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.