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Michał Buszczak

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014BUSZ01

Michał Buszczak has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Gorzów Cubing Days 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 595th in Poland. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2014, he has put 292 official solves on the record across seven 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 15.16 in February 2014 to 9.63, a 36% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.63
signature single · Gorzów Cubing Days 2026
292
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
3×39.6311.13
top 6.4%595 / 6,576
3×3 one-handed14.4819.83
top 7.0%166 / 2,176
2×23.414.30
top 19.1%1,303 / 5,422
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%120 / 466
5×51:28.031:36.61
top 25.7%368 / 1,442
4×452.0057.51
top 27.2%744 / 2,851
Pyraminx7.0710.12
top 28.4%1,543 / 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

Polish Open 2014: 15.16Poznan Open 2014: 13.43Bydgoszcz Summer 2014: 12.71Art Rubik 2014: 14.17Poznań Fanatic Cube 2018: 12.06UPP Poznań Cubing 2022: 12.08Przeźmierowo Winter Open 2022: 10.49Gniezno 3x3 Day 2023: 10.54Nowa Sól Open 2024: 10.83Gniezno Open 2024: 9.82Gorzów Cubing Days 2026: 9.63Żmigród Open 2026: 10.689.6315.1615 Feb 201420 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.