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Marek Padlewski

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009PADL01

Marek Padlewski has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Masterpress Summer 2014, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2009, he has put 862 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 19.16 in May 2010 to 3.05, an 84% improvement. Marek has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.44
signature single · Masterpress Summer 2014
862
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.444.56
top 1.9%200 / 5,422
Pyraminx3.055.43
top 3.8%287 / 4,406
3×310.8012.98
top 9.9%871 / 6,576
3×3 one-handed17.6821.88
top 14.3%337 / 2,176
4×442.7552.80
top 15.4%465 / 2,851
Clock10.0711.98
top 25.4%475 / 1,549
Square-125.4433.46
top 40.1%402 / 1,002
5×53:32.75—
top 87.0%1,278 / 1,442
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves—
early days — 1 solve433 / 466

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

Bialystok Open 2010: 19.16Bialystok Open 2011: 11.66Czech Open 2011: 7.19Polish Nationals 2011: 4.96Poznan Open 2011: 4.50Cubing Spring Grudziadz 2012: 5.59Polish Open 2012: 4.93Polish Nationals 2012: 4.02European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 5.05Warszawa Open 2012: 4.47Polish Open 2013: 3.30Polish Nationals 2013: 5.65Warsaw Open 2014: 4.15Polish Open 2014: 4.58Polish Nationals 2014: 3.45Masterpress Summer 2014: 3.05Belgian Winter 2015: 4.33Polish Open 2015: 4.92Warsaw Cube Masters 2015: 4.02Polish Championship 2015: 4.42Wrocław Open 2019: 5.103.0519.1629 May 201023 Feb 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.