People · Poland
Michał Robaczyk
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2006 · 2006ROBA01
Michał Robaczyk has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Polish Open 2009, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since September 2006, he has put 1,298 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.82 in September 2006 to 9.38, a 55% improvement. He has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 3.30 | top 2.4% | 248 / 5,422 | |
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 11.73 | top 5.8% | 544 / 6,576 | |
| Square-1 | 13.77 | 20.09 | top 13.7% | 151 / 1,002 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:18.05 | 1:53.24 | top 18.9% | 114 / 466 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | top 26.7% | 144 / 466 | |
| 4×4 | 55.30 | 1:05.28 | top 31.1% | 841 / 2,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.31 | 13.00 | top 38.9% | 2,009 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.25 | 37.52 | top 49.4% | 990 / 2,176 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.80 | 2:21.87 | top 50.3% | 681 / 1,442 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.23 | 2:40.99 | top 61.7% | 875 / 1,384 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 8:38 | — | top 61.9% | 129 / 203 | |
| Clock | 24.96 | 38.86 | top 76.6% | 1,190 / 1,549 | |
| 6×6 | 6:37.78 | 6:52.11 | early days — 3 solves | 646 / 669 | |
| 7×7 | 11:56.00 | 13:42.00 | early days — 3 solves | 543 / 546 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Sep 2009Three personal bests in one day at Polish Open 2009.
- 22 Aug 2009First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Gdansk Open 2009.
- 22 Aug 2009Three personal bests in one day at Gdansk Open 2009.
- 25 Oct 2008Three personal bests in one day at Poznan Open 2008.
- 16 Aug 2008Four personal bests in one day at Wroclaw Open 2008.
- 10 May 2008Five personal bests in one day at Pabianice Open 2008.
Competitions
- Cube Factory 2011 · 5 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Poznan Open 2011 · 24 Sep 2011
- Swierklany Open 2011 · 23 Jul 2011
- 3Mola Open 2011 · 4 Jun 2011
- Grudziadz Open 2011 · 26 Mar 2011
- Lodz Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
- Rzeszow Open 2010 · 23 Oct 2010
- Pabianice Open 2010 · 18 Sep 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Nationals 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
- Poznan Open 2010 · 3 Jul 2010
- 3Mola Open 2010 · 12 Jun 2010
- Bialystok Open 2010 · 29 May 2010
- Grudziadz Open 2010 · 24 Apr 2010
- Polish Open 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Silesia Open 2009 · 28 Nov 2009
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2009 · 26 Sep 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Wroclaw Open 2009 · 12 Sep 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Gdansk Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Kociewie Open 2009 · 4 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Poznan Open 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Lublin Open 2009 · 30 May 2009
- Warsaw Open 2009 · 4 Apr 2009
- Polish Nationals 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Poznan Open 2008 · 25 Oct 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Marina Gdansk Open 2008 · 30 Aug 2008
- Wroclaw Open 2008 · 16 Aug 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2008 · 7 Jun 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Pabianice Open 2008 · 10 May 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- WSTIH Open 2008 · 13 Apr 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Gdansk Open 2008 · 24 Feb 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2007 · 15 Sep 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Wroclaw Open 2007 · 8 Jul 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2006 · 16 Sep 2006
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.
- Tomasz Żołnowski — met in 245 rounds, finished ahead 74 times
- Marcin Jakubowski — met in 216 rounds, finished ahead 168 times
- Piotr Kózka — met in 215 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.