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Sebastian Kieś

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013KIES01

Sebastian Kieś has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Kielce Cube Attack 2014, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 405th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2013, he has put 492 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.40 in March 2013 to 12.48, a 44% improvement. Sebastian has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.99
signature single · Kielce Cube Attack 2014
492
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.995.14
top 4.7%405 / 5,422
3×312.4814.10
top 15.6%1,272 / 6,576
3×3 one-handed28.8236.48
top 43.9%884 / 2,176
4×41:07.171:17.53
top 44.1%1,141 / 2,851
Skewb8.4112.99
top 44.3%1,399 / 2,810
Pyraminx8.9514.41
top 44.4%2,245 / 4,406
Square-155.67
top 80.8%791 / 1,002
5×53:09.73
top 81.1%1,198 / 1,442
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 6:34
early days — 1 solve179 / 203

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

Rybnik Open 2013: 22.40Kraków Open 2013: 16.68Polish Nationals 2013: 18.44SLS Jastrzebie 2013: 14.55SLS Swierklany 2013: 15.32SLS Gliwice 2014: 16.46SLS Rybnik 2014: 15.04Aleksandrus Cube 2014: 13.91Polish Nationals 2014: 13.36Kielce Cube Attack 2014: 14.38Santa Claus Cube Race 2014: 13.91ŚLS Gliwice 2015: 13.08ŚLS Zawiercie 2015: 13.00SLS Rybnik 2015: 14.68Radomsko Cube Theory 2015: 13.14Polish Championship 2015: 14.08ŚLS Wodzisław Śląski 2015: 12.4812.4822.409 Mar 201317 Oct 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.