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Philipp Ručka

3×3 one-handed · top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015RUKA01

Philipp Ručka has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.85, set at Slovakian Summer 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Slovakia. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2015, he has put 440 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 1:01.83 in June 2015 to 10.85, an 82% improvement. Philipp has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time
10.85
signature single · Slovakian Summer 2018
440
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSlovakia
3×3 one-handed10.8513.18
top 1.7%3 / 145
3×38.1910.16
top 3.1%24 / 447
2×21.863.83
top 3.9%31 / 375
Pyraminx4.799.18
top 11.9%54 / 254
4×454.4459.80
top 30.1%65 / 214
5×52:09.97
top 55.4%56 / 110
Skewb10.2013.57
top 56.1%120 / 182
Square-150.46
top 76.5%70 / 87
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
early days — 3 solves41 / 48

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

Bratislava No-Cutoff Open 2015: 1:01.83Slovakian Open 2015: 31.21Bratislava Open 2015: 22.62B.O.N.D. Open 2016: 19.76European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 16.33Slovakian Open 2016: 13.90Bratislava Open 2016: 13.40B.O.N.D. Open 2017: 11.77Slovakian Open 2017: 12.11Bratislava Open 2017: 11.78Slovakian Summer 2018: 10.85Slovakian Open 2019: 14.8810.851:01.836 Jun 20157 Sep 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.