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Szymon Demko

3×3 · top 33.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015DEMK01

Szymon Demko has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.72, set at Gdańsk Rubik's Cube Day 2016, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,465th in Poland. Across 8 competitions since September 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.78 in September 2015 to 17.72, a 64% improvement. Szymon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.2% of 284,439 all-time
17.72
signature single · Gdańsk Rubik's Cube Day 2016
94
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×317.7220.86
top 33.2%2,465 / 6,576
2×25.007.01
top 39.3%2,341 / 5,422
Skewb10.2027.07
top 56.1%1,686 / 2,810
4×42:46.33
early days — 3 solves2,728 / 2,851

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

Manhattan Gdańsk Open 2015: 49.78GLS Cup II 2016: 21.43GLS Cup III 2016: 21.79GLS Cup IV 2016: 23.16GLS Cup V 2016: 25.77Gdańsk Rubik's Cube Day 2016: 17.72GLS Cup Final 2016: 20.54GLS Cup II 2017: 21.9817.7249.7812 Sep 20156 May 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.