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Szymon Malinowski

2×2 · top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013MALI03

Szymon Malinowski has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.76, set at Cube Zone Katowice 2025, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Poland. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 85 competitions since June 2013, he has put 5,493 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.55 in June 2013 to 5.61, a 64% improvement. Szymon has entered 85 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time
0.76
signature single · Cube Zone Katowice 2025
5,493
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×20.762.68
top 0.18%47 / 5,422
3×35.616.85
top 0.29%34 / 6,576
Megaminx33.8237.94
top 0.54%15 / 1,384
4×424.4429.21
top 0.57%25 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed9.2312.96
top 0.61%29 / 2,176
Skewb1.673.86
top 0.68%52 / 2,810
6×61:24.421:37.68
top 1.1%12 / 669
5×547.5752.90
top 1.2%26 / 1,442
7×72:11.022:21.65
top 1.3%11 / 546
Pyraminx2.424.91
top 2.0%160 / 4,406
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves34.00
top 5.1%34 / 466
Square-116.3122.67
top 19.3%215 / 1,002
Clock9.4611.15
top 22.3%421 / 1,549
3×3 blindfolded3:30.62—
early days — 2 solves295 / 466

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

Polish Nationals 2013: 15.55SLS Jastrzebie 2013: 12.19SLS Swierklany 2013: 10.49SLS Czestochowa 2013: 10.70SLS Bielsko-Biala 2014: 10.75SLS Gliwice 2014: 8.84SLS Rybnik 2014: 9.21SLS Tarnowskie Gory 2014: 8.71SLS Chorzow 2014: 9.80Polish Nationals 2014: 9.46ŚLS Gliwice 2015: 9.64ŚLS Zawiercie 2015: 11.40SLS Rybnik 2015: 10.23ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015: 9.67ŚLS Wodzisław Śląski 2015: 9.15Santa Claus Cube Race 2015: 9.89Tuwim Cube Race 2016: 7.60Elektryk Cube Race 2016: 7.166 Sides of Silesia 2017: 7.96SLS Gliwice 2017: 8.49ŚLS Jastrzębie Zdrój 2017: 6.59ŚLS Będzin Open 2017: 7.85Byczy Cube Race 2017: 6.66ŚLS Zawiercie 2017: 8.25Polish Open 2017: 8.08Speed Days Kielce 2017: 7.87Polish Nationals 2017: 8.12CFL Santa Claus Cube Race 2017: 7.04Speed Days Kraśnik 2018: 7.07Warsaw Cube Masters 2018: 7.39LLS V 2018: 7.41Byczy Cube Race 2018: 6.84GLS Cup III 2018: 8.53GLS Cup IV 2018: 7.61Poznań Fanatic Cube 2018: 7.85Cube Factory Częstochowa 2018: 7.43Dragon Cubing 2018: 7.75Ekonomik Elektryk Cube Race 2018: 6.87Pszczyna Open 2018: 7.90Polish Championship 2018: 7.65Polish Open 2018: 7.87Wrocław Open 2019: 7.22Project Będzin 2019: 7.12Project Jastrzębie-Zdrój 2019: 6.92Dragon Cubing 2019: 6.73Polish Championship 2019: 6.35Santa Claus Cube Race Poland 2019: 6.68Project Pawłowice 2021: 6.50September Speedcubing Tour Kielce 2021: 6.55Cube4fun League Koło 2022: 7.44Cube4fun League IV Dąbrowa Górnicza 2022: 6.05Cube4fun League V Zawiercie 2022: 6.41Mysłowice Big Cube Open 2022: 6.76Cube4fun League VII Pawłowice 2022: 6.58Cube4fun League VIII Bełżyce 2022: 6.80Cube4fun League IX Bielsko-Biała 2022: 6.16Cube4fun League XI Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2022: 5.61Cubing Rising Stars Olesno 2022: 6.08Energy Cube Konin 2023: 6.99Silesian Cubing Pszczyna 2023: 6.22Cube4fun in Bełchatów 2023: 5.75Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2023: 5.90Cube4fun Wisła Masters 2023: 6.71Polish Championship 2023: 6.47Beskid Cubing 2023: 6.22Dragon Cubing II 2023: 6.29Cube4fun Cubers Eve Tarnowskie Góry 2023: 6.12Chorzów Open 2024: 6.85Żmigród Open 2024: 6.52Pilzno in the Mirror 2024: 6.56Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2024: 6.26Polish Championship 2024: 6.77Silesian Cubing Mysłowice 2025: 5.91Cube Zone Katowice 2025: 6.46Polish Championship 2025: 6.40Cubing Mine Rybnik IV 2026: 6.75All Rounders Katowice I 2026: 5.79Mysłowice Cubing Spring 2026: 6.155.6115.5529 Jun 201316 May 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 3.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.