People · Poland
Marek Wójtowicz
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008WOJT01
Marek Wójtowicz has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since February 2008, he has put 1,906 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.89 in February 2008 to 11.15, a 65% improvement. Marek has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.56 | 7.42 | top 5.7% | 400 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 11.15 | 13.55 | top 10.9% | 946 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.79 | top 14.2% | 1,040 / 5,422 | |
| 4×4 | 50.72 | 58.31 | top 25.6% | 707 / 2,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.96 | 1:38.36 | top 26.4% | 373 / 1,442 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.44 | 27.96 | top 27.2% | 586 / 2,176 | |
| Skewb | 7.14 | 10.51 | top 34.7% | 1,161 / 2,810 | |
| 7×7 | 4:14.65 | 4:47.26 | top 36.0% | 181 / 546 | |
| Clock | 13.11 | 15.22 | top 40.1% | 676 / 1,549 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.97 | 3:25.90 | top 44.7% | 277 / 669 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.62 | 2:12.27 | top 45.4% | 597 / 1,384 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.3% | 239 / 466 | |
| Square-1 | 52.30 | 2:46.47 | top 78.1% | 757 / 1,002 |
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
- 6 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at Santa Claus Cube Race 2014.
- 28 Aug 2010Four personal bests in one day at Polish Nationals 2010.
- 17 Jul 2009Five personal bests in one day at Czech Open 2009.
- 27 Jun 2009Four personal bests in one day at Poznan Open 2009.
- 30 May 2009Three personal bests in one day at Lublin Open 2009.
- 4 Apr 2009First sub-15 3×3: 12.88 at Warsaw Open 2009.
Competitions
- LLS IV 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Masovian Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
- Świdnik Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cube Krasnik 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- SLS Chorzow 2014 · 3 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Mielec Cube Day 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- SLS Rybnik 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- SLS Gliwice 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Warsaw Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014
- Cubers Eve 2013 · 21 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Radom Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013
- SLS Czestochowa 2013 · 30 Nov 2013
- Cube Factory 2013 · 5 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2013 · 29 Jun 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Kraków Open 2013 · 18 May 2013
- Polish Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013
- Jura Open 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Warszawa Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Industrial Cube 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- 3Mola Open 2011 · 4 Jun 2011
- Lodz Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 1 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Kociewie Open 2010 · 7 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Poznan Open 2010 · 3 Jul 2010
- Grudziadz Open 2010 · 24 Apr 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2009 · 26 Sep 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Wroclaw Open 2009 · 12 Sep 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Gdansk Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2009 · 17 Jul 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Kociewie Open 2009 · 4 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Poznan Open 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Lublin Open 2009 · 30 May 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Warsaw Open 2009 · 4 Apr 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Galanta Open 2009 · 31 Jan 2009 — 7 personal bests set
- Poznan Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Marina Gdansk Open 2008 · 30 Aug 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- Wroclaw Open 2008 · 16 Aug 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2008 · 7 Jun 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Pabianice Open 2008 · 10 May 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Gdansk Open 2008 · 24 Feb 2008
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.
- Michał Halczuk — met in 308 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Tomasz Żołnowski — met in 288 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Marcin Jakubowski — met in 276 rounds, finished ahead 91 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.