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Michał Żarnicki

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZARN01

Michał Żarnicki has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at Cube4fun in Barcin 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 167th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since August 2022, he has put 648 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.54 in August 2022 to 7.49, a 78% improvement. He has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.32
signature single · Cube4fun in Barcin 2026
648
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.322.92
top 1.4%167 / 5,422
3×37.498.91
top 2.0%205 / 6,576
4×438.2946.96
top 10.1%318 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed19.1123.30
top 18.1%421 / 2,176
5×51:20.831:33.31
top 19.8%288 / 1,442
Pyraminx6.4310.94
top 23.3%1,285 / 4,406
Clock10.4314.26
top 27.2%506 / 1,549
Skewb7.6211.35
top 38.4%1,256 / 2,810
6×62:59.54—
early days — 3 solves254 / 669
7×76:46.00—
early days — 2 solves418 / 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

Cube4fun League VII Pawłowice 2022: 34.54Gniezno 3x3 Day 2023: 16.99Żmigród Open 2023: 13.29Szczecin Summer 2023: 14.36Goats of Cubing 2023: 11.74Nowa Sól Open 2024: 10.65Gniezno Open 2024: 9.72Wrocław Cubing Holiday 2024: 7.87Żmigród Open 2024: 8.45Toruń Cubing Summer 2024: 8.53Honey Cube Barcin 2024: 8.74Polish Championship 2024: 8.68Żmigród Open 2025: 8.29Honey Cube Barcin 2025: 7.49Polish Championship 2025: 8.02Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2025: 8.04Głuszyca Open 2026: 7.61Żmigród Open 2026: 7.74Cube4fun in Barcin 2026: 8.017.4934.546 Aug 20224 Jul 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.