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Michal Samek

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SAME03

Michal Samek has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in the Czech Republic. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2023, he has put 957 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 1.72 in June 2023 to 1.25, a 27% improvement. Michal has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024
957
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCzech Republic
2×21.252.03
top 1.2%19 / 644
3×37.519.65
top 2.0%38 / 787
Pyraminx3.095.88
top 3.9%51 / 460
4×433.1539.08
top 5.1%22 / 440
Skewb3.416.24
top 7.2%42 / 320
Megaminx57.521:05.97
top 8.7%21 / 176
3×3 one-handed16.0920.07
top 10.4%35 / 308
5×51:15.341:19.61
top 15.6%42 / 248
Clock8.6811.86
top 18.4%49 / 166
7×73:36.763:50.20
top 22.2%19 / 99
Square-117.6123.79
top 22.4%38 / 168
6×62:26.112:33.96
top 23.7%29 / 122
3×3 blindfolded5:56.35—
top 86.2%64 / 73

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

Prague Open 2023: 1.72Příbram Cube 2023: 2.22Prague Pyraminxing 2023: 1.79Czech Championship 2023: 1.73Prague June 2024: 1.47Prague Summer Opener 2024: 1.562x2 at 2 in Prague 2024: 1.25Příbram Cube 2024: 1.76Czech Championship 2024: 1.51Easter in Prague-East 2025: 1.44Slovak Championship 2025: 1.51Czech Championship 2025: 1.853x3 at 3 in Prague 2025: 1.29Kostelec Autumn 2025: 1.69Dobřejovice Special 2026: 2.02Kostelec NxN 2026: 1.501.252.2217 Jun 20232 May 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.25 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.