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József Tapodi

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022TAPO01

József Tapodi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Heerenveen Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Hungary. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since April 2022, he has put 730 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in April 2022 to 6.97, a 41% improvement. He has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.97
signature single · Heerenveen Open 2024
730
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
3×36.978.80
top 1.3%25 / 1,226
2×21.633.93
top 2.7%49 / 919
3×3 one-handed16.4120.71
top 11.2%52 / 445
Pyraminx7.3512.32
top 30.8%196 / 495
4×458.211:03.69
top 34.5%181 / 509
Megaminx2:16.48—
top 54.5%115 / 190

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

Dutch Spring 2022: 11.84Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 12.22Kampen Open 2023: 12.11Wommelgem Open 2023: 9.84Capelle Cubing 2023: 10.58Dutch Open 2023: 10.15Amsterdam Open 2023: 10.21Zottegem Afternoon 2023: 10.06Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.09Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 9.55Arnhem Open A 2024: 9.40French Championship 2024: 9.08Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.20Wommelgem Open 2024: 8.66Capelle Cubing 2024: 8.61Heerenveen Open 2024: 6.97Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 8.16Dutch Open 2024: 8.99Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.24Alphen Cubing 2025: 7.32Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 8.31Leuven Open 2025: 8.87Lente in Lent 2025: 8.10Hessen Mini Open 2025: 8.23Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 8.40Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 7.95Arnhem Open 2025: 7.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.09Breda Open 2025: 7.79Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 9.16Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 8.64Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 8.39Breda Open 2026: 8.046.9712.2217 Apr 202218 Apr 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.