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Marcin Karnicki

2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008KARN01

Marcin Karnicki has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Polish Open 2009, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2008, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.90 in August 2008 to 19.91, a 29% improvement. Marcin has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.11
signature single · Polish Open 2009
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×22.116.38
top 5.5%459 / 5,422
3×319.9123.74
top 39.7%2,889 / 6,576
4×41:31.22
top 64.5%1,750 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed45.21
early days — 2 solves1,513 / 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

Marina Gdansk Open 2008: 27.90Polish Open 2009: 19.9119.9127.9030 Aug 200826 Sep 2009

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.