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Szymon Boniakowski

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021BONI01

Szymon Boniakowski has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Giżycko Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 750th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2021, he has put 147 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.33 in August 2021 to 12.20, a 37% improvement. Szymon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Giżycko Open 2023
147
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×22.595.20
top 9.8%750 / 5,422
Pyraminx5.148.63
top 14.1%857 / 4,406
3×312.2015.59
top 14.6%1,200 / 6,576
Clock19.22
early days — 2 solves983 / 1,549

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

Szczytno Open 2021: 19.33September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021: 17.46Cubing Day Żuromin 2022: 13.40Olsztyn Spring Open 2022: 13.48Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022: 13.92Energy Cube Ciechanów 2023: 12.20Giżycko Open 2023: 13.55Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2023: 12.45Energy Cube Ciechanów 2024: 14.2112.2019.3328 Aug 202115 Jun 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.