People · Slovakia
Michal Buday
2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BUDA02
Michal Buday has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at Suchá nad Parnou Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Slovakia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2024, he has put 450 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in April 2024 to 11.28, a 47% improvement. Michal has entered 13 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 | Slovakia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.71 | 4.96 | top 3.1% | 21 / 375 | |
| Skewb | 2.88 | 5.90 | top 4.4% | 18 / 182 | |
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 13.67 | top 11.4% | 77 / 447 | |
| Square-1 | 14.76 | 20.41 | top 15.9% | 18 / 87 | |
| Clock | 9.01 | 10.91 | top 20.0% | 26 / 97 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 8.12 | top 20.5% | 79 / 254 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.61 | 27.90 | top 27.7% | 43 / 145 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.50 | 1:19.42 | top 43.4% | 93 / 214 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.31 | — | top 54.4% | 51 / 93 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Frenštátský Cube Together 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Slovak Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ivanka pri Dunaji Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.32 at Dolné Orešany Open 2024.
Competitions
- Suchá nad Parnou Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dolné Orešany Clock Day 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Back to School in Ivanka 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Frenštátský Cube Together 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Slovak Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ivanka pri Dunaji Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Nitra Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minxing in Bratislava 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Dolné Orešany Cube Day 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dolné Orešany Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nové Mesto Open 2024 · 20 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.
- Alexander Pastirčák — met in 100 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jakub Jurika — met in 96 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jakub Jakoubek — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.