People · Poland
Nikodem Kruk
Pyraminx · top 2.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016KRUK01
Nikodem Kruk has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Żmigród Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in Poland. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2016, he has put 383 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.00 in April 2016 to 10.46, a 55% improvement. Nikodem has entered twelve 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 | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.56 | 3.43 | top 2.4% | 193 / 4,456 | |
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 12.57 | top 8.9% | 799 / 6,670 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.78 | top 10.5% | 799 / 5,487 | |
| 4×4 | 38.77 | 52.87 | top 10.7% | 342 / 2,894 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 8.91 | top 20.8% | 783 / 2,848 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.56 | 1:45.27 | top 32.8% | 455 / 1,458 | |
| Clock | 13.16 | 13.77 | top 40.3% | 699 / 1,574 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.30 | 35.74 | top 45.1% | 917 / 2,202 | |
| Square-1 | 33.91 | 56.30 | top 56.7% | 536 / 1,014 | |
| 6×6 | 3:53.04 | 4:11.62 | early days — 3 solves | 400 / 670 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Scrambled Cubes Legnica 2026.
- 17 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Żmigród Open 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Zielona Góra Fresh Cubing 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Nowa Sól Open 2024.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Wrocław Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Wrocław Open 2019.
Competitions
- Scrambled Cubes Legnica 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Silesian Minx Fest 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Żmigród Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Silesian Minx Fest 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wrocław Cubing Holiday 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dragon Cubing I 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zielona Góra Fresh Cubing 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nowa Sól Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Silesian Spring Świdnica 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Wrocław Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Factory League Domaniewice 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tuwim Cube Race 2016 · 23 Apr 2016
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.
- Karol Zakrzewski — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Szymon Brzana — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Oskar Matysik — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.