People · Poland
Paweł Król
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015KROL01
Paweł Król has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at SLS Rybnik 2015, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2015, he has put 321 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in March 2015 to 11.57, a 17% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.22 | 4.78 | top 6.4% | 520 / 5,487 | |
| 3×3 | 11.57 | 14.51 | top 12.5% | 1,055 / 6,670 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 7.82 | top 17.0% | 1,027 / 4,456 | |
| Skewb | 5.41 | 11.07 | top 21.3% | 802 / 2,848 | |
| 4×4 | 52.98 | 1:00.35 | top 28.4% | 796 / 2,894 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.93 | 1:43.81 | top 33.1% | 461 / 1,458 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.08 | 35.60 | top 42.2% | 864 / 2,202 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.82 | 2:34.95 | top 52.3% | 705 / 1,389 | |
| 6×6 | 3:35.61 | — | top 57.2% | 356 / 670 | |
| 7×7 | 5:37.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 324 / 548 | |
| Clock | 36.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,444 / 1,574 |
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
- 17 Dec 2016Five personal bests in one day at Santa Claus Cube Race 2016.
- 5 Dec 2015Four personal bests in one day at Santa Claus Cube Race 2015.
- 6 Jun 2015Seven personal bests in one day at SLS Rybnik 2015.
- 27 Mar 2015First competition: Polish Open 2015. A 13.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Żory Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Silesian Cubing Chorzów 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Łódź Cubing Summer 2016 · 4 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Claus Cube Race 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- SLS Rybnik 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2015 · 27 Mar 2015
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.
- Bartłomiej Owczarek — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wojciech Szatanowski — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Łukasz Burliga — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.