People · Poland
Patryk Pałka
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017PALK01
Patryk Pałka has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at Zonhoven Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2017, he has put 450 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.33 in November 2017 to 11.20, a 65% improvement. Patryk has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.56 | 6.40 | top 5.7% | 400 / 4,406 | |
| Skewb | 3.35 | 5.74 | top 6.9% | 307 / 2,810 | |
| Clock | 6.02 | 11.36 | top 7.3% | 159 / 1,549 | |
| 3×3 | 11.20 | 14.11 | top 11.1% | 956 / 6,576 | |
| Square-1 | 13.24 | 16.80 | top 12.4% | 135 / 1,002 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.01 | top 16.4% | 1,162 / 5,422 | |
| 4×4 | 50.44 | 1:01.95 | top 25.3% | 702 / 2,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.36 | 1:44.79 | top 27.2% | 375 / 1,384 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.27 | 31.93 | top 37.5% | 760 / 2,176 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Brugge Beginners Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025.
- 10 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.37 at Dutch Winter South 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Winter South 2024.
- 28 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.78 at Zonhoven Open 2018.
Competitions
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Summer 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Belgian Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yanniko Zhechev — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Rik De Cock — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.