People · Poland
Karolina Matczak
Pyraminx · top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013UREK01
Karolina Matczak has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.66, set at ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015, puts her in the top 6.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 437th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since November 2013, she has put 368 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 13.49 in November 2013 to 3.66, a 73% improvement. Karolina has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.66 | 4.97 | top 6.1% | 437 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 22.41 | 27.89 | top 46.5% | 3,335 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 6.78 | 15.51 | top 58.6% | 3,271 / 5,422 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.93 | 1:58.78 | top 75.5% | 2,100 / 2,851 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.47 | 4:02.44 | top 79.1% | 1,131 / 1,384 | |
| 5×5 | 4:10.44 | — | top 92.9% | 1,368 / 1,442 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:24.68 | 1:38.97 | top 93.8% | 2,051 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015.
- 27 Sep 2014First sub-30 3×3: 27.35 at Krakow Cubing Spree 2014.
- 8 Mar 2014Four personal bests in one day at SLS Rybnik 2014.
- 30 Nov 2013First competition: SLS Czestochowa 2013.
Competitions
- Polish Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Pszczyna Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- ŚLS Zawiercie 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2016 · 9 Dec 2016
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2015 · 9 Oct 2015
- ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- ŚLS Zawiercie 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2015 · 27 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- ŚLS Gliwice 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Krakow Cubing Spree 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kielce Cube Attack 2014 · 26 Jul 2014
- Polish Nationals 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Aleksandrus Cube 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- SLS Tarnowskie Gory 2014 · 5 Apr 2014
- SLS Rybnik 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- SLS Gliwice 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- SLS Bielsko-Biala 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- SLS Czestochowa 2013 · 30 Nov 2013
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 her.
- Wojciech Szatanowski — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Bartłomiej Owczarek — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kacper Stacha — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.