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Matej Poljanšek

3×3 · top 13.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023POLJ01

Matej Poljanšek has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.92, set at Novo mesto Open 2026, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Slovenia. Across 28 competitions since March 2023, he has put 664 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in March 2023 to 11.92, a 27% improvement. Matej has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 288,433 all-time
11.92
signature single · Novo mesto Open 2026
664
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSlovenia
3×311.9215.35
top 13.7%76 / 382
2×23.364.86
top 18.6%82 / 332
Pyraminx6.999.01
top 27.8%99 / 233
4×456.281:03.38
top 32.4%57 / 177
Skewb7.3912.51
top 36.8%75 / 155
5×51:48.102:05.34
top 41.4%38 / 97
Clock13.6016.67
top 42.2%40 / 73
3×3 one-handed31.5638.25
top 50.3%64 / 138
7×75:03.165:52.42
top 51.6%21 / 41
Megaminx2:17.012:32.44
top 55.0%50 / 83
6×63:30.543:46.19
top 55.1%26 / 44
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves52.00
top 65.7%28 / 36
Square-145.9454.58
top 72.1%43 / 59

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

Ponikva Open 2023: 16.44Zreče Open 2023: 18.81Slovenian Nationals 2023: 16.16Medvode Open 2023: 19.24Ponikva Open 2024: 14.48Novo Mesto Open 2024: 16.04Maribor Open 2024: 14.54Slovenian Nationals 2024: 14.62Trieste Speedcubing 2024: 14.60Medvode Open 2024: 14.08Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 14.96Trebelno Open 2025: 14.71Slovenian Nationals 2025: 12.68Medvode Open 2025: 14.32Prlekija Open 2026: 14.56Bozen Open 2026: 13.39Maribor Open 2026: 14.98Novo mesto Open 2026: 11.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 16.16Slovenian Nationals 2026: 14.3111.9219.2411 Mar 202328 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.