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Michał Mielniczek

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009MIEL01

Michał Mielniczek has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at SLS Gliwice 2017, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 663rd in Poland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2009, he has put 194 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.94 in September 2009 to 9.92, a 63% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.92
signature single · SLS Gliwice 2017
194
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×39.9212.59
top 7.2%663 / 6,576
2×22.904.25
top 13.1%964 / 5,422
Megaminx1:15.041:20.78
top 18.7%274 / 1,384
4×449.2158.80
top 23.7%670 / 2,851
Pyraminx7.759.51
top 34.1%1,790 / 4,406
Skewb9.6912.23
top 53.0%1,610 / 2,810
5×52:11.033:40.79
top 56.0%764 / 1,442
6×64:22.07
early days — 1 solve467 / 669
3×3 one-handed53.84
top 80.0%1,715 / 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

Wroclaw Open 2009: 26.94Poznan Open 2010: 14.80Czech Open 2012: 12.34European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 12.78SLS Gliwice 2017: 9.92Polish Open 2017: 10.23Polish Nationals 2017: 12.44Głuszyca Open 2026: 11.099.9226.9412 Sep 20097 Mar 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 1.92 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.