People · Poland
Rafał Gawor
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024GAWO01
Rafał Gawor has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at GLS Gdańsk VI 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in Poland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2024, he has put 373 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.96 in December 2024 to 8.41, a 62% improvement. He has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 10.80 | top 3.6% | 371 / 6,670 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 4.48 | top 8.4% | 653 / 5,487 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.98 | 23.79 | top 12.6% | 305 / 2,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 8.25 | top 17.0% | 1,027 / 4,456 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.29 | 1:14.09 | top 41.1% | 1,096 / 2,894 | |
| Skewb | 8.74 | 13.44 | top 46.8% | 1,475 / 2,848 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.23 | — | top 51.5% | 691 / 1,389 | |
| Square-1 | 46.06 | — | top 72.3% | 708 / 1,014 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.71 | — | top 73.4% | 1,063 / 1,458 | |
| Clock | 23.50 | — | top 73.6% | 1,167 / 1,574 | |
| 6×6 | 4:41.68 | 4:53.58 | top 77.6% | 512 / 670 | |
| 7×7 | 8:42.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 518 / 548 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Baltic Skewb Fest Gdańsk 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Puck Open 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at GLS Gdańsk III 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at GLS Big Cubes Gdańsk 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu V 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu IV 2025.
Competitions
- GLS Gdańsk VI 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Baltic Skewb Fest Gdańsk 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Puck Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- GLS Gdańsk IV 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GLS Gdańsk III 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- GLS Gdańsk II 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GLS Big Cubes Gdańsk 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2025 · 13 Nov 2025
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu V 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu IV 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu III 2025 · 9 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu II 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu I 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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.
- Joanna Kierznikiewicz — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Patryk Milewczyk — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Julian Helowicz — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.