People · Germany
Kai Stybalkowski
3×3 · top 8.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024STYB01
Kai Stybalkowski has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Swisscubing Cup IV 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 456th in Germany. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.87 in March 2024 to 10.42, a 45% improvement. Kai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.42 | 13.05 | top 8.8% | 456 / 4,182 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.35 | 12.90 | top 15.4% | 396 / 2,020 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 5.68 | top 37.0% | 1,230 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 932 / 1,328 | |
| 5×5 | 4:03.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,072 / 1,175 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup IV 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Swiss Nationals 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Swisscubing Cup II 2024. A 18.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Muri Twist Till It Works 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Gil Hofer — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Brett Tuncer Arcan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tobias Peter — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.