People · Czech Republic
Martin Patera
2×2 · top 0.54% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PATE47
Martin Patera has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Czech Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in the Czech Republic. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2023, he has put 713 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.47 in September 2023 to 6.39, a 25% improvement. Martin has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Czech Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.99 | 3.32 | top 0.54% | 8 / 652 | |
| 3×3 | 6.39 | 7.59 | top 0.77% | 14 / 801 | |
| 5×5 | 52.02 | 1:02.54 | top 2.4% | 9 / 254 | |
| 4×4 | 30.26 | 36.69 | top 3.0% | 13 / 446 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 5.32 | top 6.5% | 80 / 469 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.79 | 21.96 | top 17.3% | 60 / 317 | |
| Skewb | 5.41 | 10.22 | top 21.3% | 111 / 328 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.63 | 2:39.74 | top 22.0% | 26 / 123 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.55 | 4:23.08 | top 31.1% | 33 / 101 | |
| Clock | 29.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 159 / 172 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Easter in Prague-East 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Plzeň Winter 2025.
- 19 Jul 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Czech Open 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Prague June 2024.
- 17 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Czech Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Borovany End of Summer 2023. A 9.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Czech Championship 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brighton 3x3 Day 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Back to Kostelec 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Easter in Prague-East 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Plzeň Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Příbram Cube 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Prague June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Prague Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Championship 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Borovany End of Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Tomáš Nguyen — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kryštof Basl — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Adam Kořínek — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.