People · Poland
Mikołaj Malinowski
2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025MALI13
Mikołaj Malinowski has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Honey Cube Barcin 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.75 in October 2025 to 14.88, an 11% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.16 | 5.41 | top 5.9% | 495 / 5,487 | |
| 3×3 | 14.88 | 16.84 | top 24.1% | 1,870 / 6,670 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 9.56 | top 29.2% | 1,606 / 4,456 | |
| Skewb | 6.64 | 7.96 | top 30.9% | 1,092 / 2,848 | |
| Clock | 18.83 | — | top 61.3% | 992 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.09 | 1:48.53 | top 65.3% | 1,820 / 2,894 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.70 | — | top 71.3% | 1,519 / 2,202 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube4fun in Barcin 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at GLS Gdańsk II 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at GLS Gdańsk II 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Honey Cube Barcin 2025. A 16.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Honey Cube Barcin 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun in Barcin 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- GLS Gdańsk II 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Honey Cube Barcin 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kacper Grzelakowski — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krzysztof Michałek — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Teodor Zajder — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.