People · Czech Republic
Michael Málek
Skewb · top 4.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MALE05
Michael Málek has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at Prague CubeMas 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in the Czech Republic. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 169 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 8.25 in June 2024 to 2.90, a 65% improvement. Michael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Czech Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.90 | 4.00 | top 4.5% | 23 / 320 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.74 | 13.33 | top 34.0% | 241 / 460 | |
| 3×3 | 18.61 | 21.04 | top 36.0% | 446 / 787 | |
| 2×2 | 6.52 | 7.79 | top 56.2% | 472 / 644 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Let's Solve Liberec 2025.
- 13 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Czech Championship 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: Prague Open 2024. A 28.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Prague CubeMas 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2025 · 18 Jul 2025
- Prague Summer Opener 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Solve Liberec 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Championship 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Prague June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prague Open 2024 · 27 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.
- Jiří Vogl — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Martin Málek — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- David Nesiba — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.