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Michał Pawlak

2×2 · top 27.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008PAWL03

Michał Pawlak has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.09, set at Gdansk Open 2009, puts him in the top 27.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,769th in Poland. Across 21 competitions since May 2008, he has put 269 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.77 in May 2008 to 16.00, a 76% improvement. He has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 27.6% of 186,767 all-time
4.09
signature single · Gdansk Open 2009
269
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×24.096.93
top 27.6%1,769 / 5,422
3×316.0022.08
top 27.8%2,102 / 6,576
3×3 blindfolded2:24.25
top 41.4%197 / 466
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:57
early days — 3 solves107 / 203
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
top 62.5%302 / 466
4×41:49.22
top 76.3%2,121 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed51.72
top 78.3%1,682 / 2,176
Pyraminx14.4621.71
top 79.8%3,597 / 4,406
5×53:48.58
top 90.0%1,326 / 1,442
6×69:46.8810:42.00
top 99.4%665 / 669

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: 1:05.77Polish Open 2008: 48.38Polish Nationals 2009: 23.71Warsaw Open 2009: 23.11Lublin Open 2009: 23.83Poznan Open 2009: 25.94Czech Open 2009: 25.80Gdansk Open 2009: 23.58Wroclaw Open 2009: 21.63Polish Open 2009: 19.38Polish Open 2010: 19.30Grudziadz Open 2010: 22.81Poznan Open 2010: 17.03Polish Nationals 2010: 16.00Pabianice Open 2010: 19.69European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 20.21Lodz Open 2011: 22.36Swierklany Open 2011: 23.86European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 20.05Polish Open 2014: 19.8316.001:05.7710 May 200815 Feb 2014

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.