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Szymon Kowalski

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014KOWA05

Szymon Kowalski has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Grudziądz Open 2016, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2014, he has put 428 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.01 in November 2014 to 14.28, a 60% improvement. Szymon has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Grudziądz Open 2016
428
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.465.10
top 2.0%213 / 5,422
Pyraminx3.186.82
top 4.3%318 / 4,406
Skewb4.4711.08
top 14.2%565 / 2,810
3×314.2817.31
top 21.9%1,698 / 6,576
4×41:24.181:44.11
top 59.2%1,560 / 2,851
Clock43.46
early days — 1 solve1,485 / 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

PLS Autumn Reda 2014: 36.01GLS Winter 2014: 28.95Cubers Eve 2014: 24.12Riviera Cube Week 2015: 23.91Grudziadz Open 2015: 19.98Gdańsk Open 2015: 20.92Kaliska Open 2015: 21.59Manhattan Gdańsk Open 2015: 17.53Warsaw Cube Masters 2015: 16.25Masovian Open 2015: 18.76Polish Championship 2015: 15.44Gdańsk Rubik's Cube Day 2015: 20.26GLS Cup I 2016: 15.53Grudziądz Open 2016: 17.43GLS Cup II 2016: 16.17GLS Cup III 2016: 15.77Kaliska Open 2016: 14.2814.2836.018 Nov 20142 Jul 2016

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 0.46 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.