People · Poland
Rafał Borkowski
2×2 · top 0.12% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014BORK02
Rafał Borkowski has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.70, set at Grudziądz Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Poland. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2014, he has put 863 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.83 in August 2014 to 8.97, a 47% improvement. He has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 0.70 | 3.15 | top 0.12% | 34 / 5,422 | |
| Skewb | 2.03 | 4.78 | top 1.5% | 88 / 2,810 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.24 | 6.47 | top 4.5% | 327 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 10.97 | top 4.8% | 458 / 6,576 | |
| 4×4 | 45.45 | 52.21 | top 18.9% | 548 / 2,851 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.95 | 25.63 | top 20.3% | 463 / 2,176 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.27 | 2:17.04 | top 50.0% | 677 / 1,442 |
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
- 2 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Kaliska Open 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Grudziądz Open 2016.
- 9 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Polish Championship 2015.
- 9 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Polish Championship 2015.
- 26 Sep 2015Four personal bests in one day at Masovian Open 2015.
- 19 Sep 2015Seven personal bests in one day at Warsaw Cube Masters 2015.
Competitions
- III Masovian Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- GLS Cup Final 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- GLS Cup V 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- GLS Cup II 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- GLS Cup I 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- GLS Final 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- GLS Cup V 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2016 · 9 Dec 2016
- II Masovian Open Płock 2016 · 27 Aug 2016
- Kaliska Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Łódź Cubing Summer 2016 · 4 Jun 2016
- WLS Wiosna 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Grudziądz Open 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2015 · 9 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Masovian Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Warsaw Cube Masters 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Kaliska Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Radomsko Cube Theory 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Człuchów Panzer Cube 2014 · 25 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Art Rubik 2014 · 7 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Bydgoszcz Summer 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Michał Rzewuski — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Wojciech Szatanowski — met in 164 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Igor Ośmiałowski — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.