People · Poland
Kacper Smolarek
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2020 · 2020SMOL02
Kacper Smolarek has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Ice Cubing Szczecinek 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 639th in Poland. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2020, he has put 127 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in September 2020 to 9.83, a 24% improvement. Kacper has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 12.04 | top 7.0% | 639 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 5.27 | top 29.1% | 1,833 / 5,422 | |
| 4×4 | 56.26 | 1:05.19 | top 32.2% | 870 / 2,851 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.78 | 30.40 | top 41.3% | 834 / 2,176 |
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 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Szczecin Open 2022.
- 12 Sep 2020First competition: Gdańsk Open 2020. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ice Cubing Szczecinek 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Szczecin Winter 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Lake Cubing Szczecinek 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Szczecin Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Gdańsk Open 2020 · 12 Sep 2020
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.
- Przemysław Rogalski — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adam Chodyniecki — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krzysztof Bober — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.