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Patrick Nowakowski
2×2 · top 20.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016NOWA01
Patrick Nowakowski has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.51, set at Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,971st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2016, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.19 in February 2016 to 15.61, a 35% improvement. Patrick has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.19 | top 20.3% | 7,971 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.61 | 21.26 | top 26.5% | 14,474 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 14.08 | top 37.9% | 6,493 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.35 | 1:26.95 | top 57.0% | 9,819 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 17.54 | 21.85 | top 57.3% | 4,778 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.77 | 14.07 | top 58.8% | 17,257 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.84 | 1:08.49 | top 75.7% | 11,012 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 50.70 | 1:02.62 | top 76.7% | 5,080 / 6,743 |
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
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.43 at Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019.
- 6 Feb 2016First competition: Dixon Winter 2016. A 24.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Persevere in De Pere 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samuel Martinez — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.