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Mateusz Samotyja

3×3 · top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008SAMO01

Mateusz Samotyja has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.77, set at Poznan Open 2008, puts him in the top 70.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,881st in Poland. Across 2 competitions since May 2008, he has put 21 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.83 in May 2008 to 34.77, a 35% improvement. Mateusz has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time
34.77
signature single · Poznan Open 2008
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×334.7743.87
top 70.2%4,881 / 6,576
4×42:25.47
top 90.6%2,578 / 2,851
2×218.38
top 94.4%5,157 / 5,422
3×3 one-handed2:09.30
top 98.5%2,154 / 2,176
5×56:18.83
early days — 2 solves1,432 / 1,442

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

Pabianice Open 2008: 53.83Poznan Open 2008: 34.7734.7753.8310 May 200825 Oct 2008

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 25.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.