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Maciej Kowalik

2×2 · top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024KOWA11

Maciej Kowalik has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Cube Factory Aleksandrów 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 411th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2024, he has put 415 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in December 2024 to 10.44, a 56% improvement. Maciej has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.98
signature single · Cube Factory Aleksandrów 2026
415
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.984.88
top 4.7%411 / 5,487
Pyraminx3.716.01
top 6.3%452 / 4,456
3×310.4414.92
top 8.8%790 / 6,670
Clock9.2512.76
top 21.1%418 / 1,574
4×41:02.321:10.50
top 39.0%1,043 / 2,894
3×3 blindfolded2:17.83—
early days — 3 solves196 / 477
3×3 one-handed29.7136.84
top 46.1%935 / 2,202
Skewb10.8514.51
top 60.0%1,810 / 2,848
5×52:31.102:51.52
top 66.4%931 / 1,458
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
top 68.7%333 / 466
Megaminx3:23.91—
early days — 2 solves1,169 / 1,389
6×66:21.99—
early days — 2 solves639 / 670

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

Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2024: 23.60Gdańsk Cubing Day 2025: 24.51Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu II 2025: 18.30Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu III 2025: 17.21Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu IV 2025: 16.03Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu V 2025: 15.58Polish Championship 2025: 15.23Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2025: 14.30Winter Holiday Czarna Woda 2026: 15.44GLS Gdańsk II 2026: 13.58GLS Gdańsk III 2026: 13.22GLS Gdańsk IV 2026: 10.44GLS Side Challenge Gdańsk 2026: 15.89Puck Open 2026: 11.85Cube Factory Aleksandrów 2026: 12.48GLS Gdańsk VI 2026: 11.6610.4424.517 Dec 202410 Oct 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 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.