People · Poland
Michał Płotek
Clock · top 3.0% of 32,817 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024PLOT01
Michał Płotek has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.35, set at BrizZon Side Open V 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in Poland. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2024, he has put 412 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Clock best has come down from 5.24 in June 2024 to 4.35, a 17% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.35 | 5.56 | top 3.0% | 78 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 4.09 | top 3.4% | 273 / 4,456 | |
| Megaminx | 46.82 | 52.15 | top 3.8% | 80 / 1,389 | |
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 9.87 | top 4.5% | 441 / 6,670 | |
| 4×4 | 38.76 | 45.25 | top 10.7% | 341 / 2,894 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.62 | 18.19 | top 11.7% | 276 / 2,202 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.51 | top 15.4% | 1,108 / 5,487 | |
| Skewb | 5.40 | 7.15 | top 21.3% | 799 / 2,848 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.52 | 1:27.80 | top 21.3% | 305 / 1,458 | |
| 6×6 | 2:44.83 | 2:55.25 | early days — 3 solves | 208 / 670 | |
| Square-1 | 24.54 | 33.28 | top 38.3% | 389 / 1,014 | |
| 7×7 | 5:04.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 258 / 548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 444 / 466 |
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
Best single per competition, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Summer Cubing Szczecin 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at Żmigród Open 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Gorzów Cubing Days 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at BrizZon Side Open V 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Energy Cube Konin 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Energy Cube Konin 2025.
Competitions
- Summer Cubing Szczecin 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Żmigród Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- GSKR w Poznaniu 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gorzów Cubing Days 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- BrizZon Side Open II 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BrizZon Side Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BrizZon Side Open V 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gniezno Side Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Energy Cube Konin 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- BrizZon Side Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gniezno Open 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poznań Mental Breakdown 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
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.
- Przemysław Rogalski — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Bruno Fromm — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Antoni Polityło — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.