People · Poland
Mateusz Kurek
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008KURE01
Mateusz Kurek has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Polish Nationals 2010, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 764th in Poland. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2008, he has put 440 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.25 in February 2008 to 2.50, a 52% improvement. Mateusz 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 | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.40 | 14.02 | top 8.6% | 764 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.58 | top 8.9% | 683 / 5,422 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | top 20.4% | 120 / 466 | |
| Square-1 | 18.91 | 23.53 | top 25.5% | 273 / 1,002 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.88 | 1:11.78 | top 42.7% | 1,111 / 2,851 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.80 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,683 / 2,176 | |
| Pyraminx | 20.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,172 / 4,406 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2009Three personal bests in one day at Warsaw Open 2009.
- 30 Aug 2008First sub-20 3×3: 14.43 at Marina Gdansk Open 2008.
- 30 Aug 2008First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Marina Gdansk Open 2008.
- 30 Aug 2008Three personal bests in one day at Marina Gdansk Open 2008.
- 10 May 2008Three personal bests in one day at Pabianice Open 2008.
- 24 Feb 2008First competition: Gdansk Open 2008. A 25.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Poznan Open 2011 · 24 Sep 2011
- Lodz Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
- Pabianice Open 2010 · 18 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Nationals 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Poznan Open 2010 · 3 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
- Polish Open 2009 · 26 Sep 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Wroclaw Open 2009 · 12 Sep 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Gdansk Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Poznan Open 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Lublin Open 2009 · 30 May 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Warsaw Open 2009 · 4 Apr 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Poznan Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Marina Gdansk Open 2008 · 30 Aug 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Pabianice Open 2008 · 10 May 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Gdansk Open 2008 · 24 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best 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.
- Michał Robaczyk — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Tomasz Żołnowski — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Marek Wójtowicz — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.