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Pál Szekrényessy

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SZEK02

Pál Szekrényessy has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Hungarian Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Hungary. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2015, he has put 677 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.27 in May 2015 to 9.12, a 53% improvement. He has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.12
signature single · Hungarian Open 2019
677
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
3×39.1211.45
top 5.1%79 / 1,226
4×437.5248.78
top 9.3%55 / 509
2×22.604.60
top 9.9%132 / 919
3×3 one-handed17.6420.62
top 14.2%70 / 445
Pyraminx7.088.42
top 28.5%186 / 495
Skewb8.6210.72
top 45.9%181 / 324
5×52:02.50
top 50.8%142 / 315
Megaminx2:49.23
top 69.9%143 / 190

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

Hungarian Nationals 2015: 19.27Hungarian Open 2015: 15.21Hungarian Nationals 2016: 12.18Hungarian Open 2016: 12.82B.O.N.D. Open 2017: 11.77Hungarian Nationals 2017: 12.56Eger Open 2017: 10.33Hungarian Open 2017: 12.26Hungarian Open 2018: 11.31Budapest Open 2019: 10.48Hungarian Summer 2019: 9.93Hungarian Open 2019: 9.12Budapest ReOpen 2022: 11.21Szokolya Open 2023: 9.85Budapest Summer 2023: 10.25Hungarian Open 2023: 10.80Kőbánya Cube Day 2023: 10.08Budapest Spring 2024: 9.49Hungarian Open 2025: 10.759.1219.272 May 201531 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.