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Mateusz Zieliński

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013ZIEL02

Mateusz Zieliński has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Project Nowa Słupia 2018, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 336th in Poland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2013, he has put 1,033 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.25 in October 2013 to 8.30, a 57% improvement. Mateusz has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.30
signature single · Project Nowa Słupia 2018
1,033
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×38.3010.51
top 3.3%336 / 6,576
Skewb3.636.54
top 8.5%379 / 2,810
2×22.714.21
top 11.0%832 / 5,422
4×439.7144.39
top 11.8%363 / 2,851
5×51:10.331:15.64
top 11.8%178 / 1,442
6×62:03.102:13.86
top 12.3%90 / 669
Megaminx1:12.641:21.44
top 17.2%257 / 1,384
7×73:31.973:38.97
top 20.4%108 / 546
Square-117.3924.20
top 21.8%237 / 1,002
Pyraminx8.1110.37
top 37.1%1,931 / 4,406
Clock12.6018.79
top 37.8%643 / 1,549
3×3 one-handed32.45—
top 52.2%1,047 / 2,176

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

Cube Factory 2013: 19.25Radom Open 2013: 19.54Warsaw Open 2014: 15.81Polish Nationals 2014: 13.94Art Rubik 2014: 14.76Warsaw Cube Masters 2015: 12.86Polish Championship 2015: 12.52WLS Jesień 2016: 10.31Polish Championship 2016: 11.63Staszic Open 2017: 10.70DLS Czerwiec 2017: 10.65DLS Wrzesień 2017: 11.57Polish Nationals 2017: 10.55DLS Grudzień 2017: 11.63Project Nowa Słupia 2018: 8.30Project Zamość 2018: 10.72Project Biała Podlaska 2018: 9.61Project Radom 2018: 10.81Dragon Cubing 2018: 11.57Polish Championship 2018: 10.27II Project Warszawa 2019: 8.51Dragon Cubing 2019: 8.80September Speedcubing Tour Kielce 2021: 9.35Polish Championship 2022: 8.60Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2024: 8.60Polish Championship 2024: 10.06Energy Cube Białołęka 2025: 10.008.3019.545 Oct 201327 Sep 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.