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Szymon Nowak

3×3 · top 37.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013NOWA04

Szymon Nowak has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.23, set at SLS Gliwice 2014, puts him in the top 37.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,755th in Poland. Across 3 competitions since November 2013, he has put 31 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.19 in November 2013 to 19.23, a 29% improvement. Szymon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.7% of 284,439 all-time
19.23
signature single · SLS Gliwice 2014
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×319.2320.87
top 37.7%2,755 / 6,576
2×25.978.06
top 50.6%2,897 / 5,422
4×41:38.49
early days — 2 solves1,910 / 2,851
Pyraminx12.49
top 70.1%3,221 / 4,406
Skewb31.40
early days — 1 solve2,763 / 2,810

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

SLS Czestochowa 2013: 27.19SLS Bielsko-Biala 2014: 19.66SLS Gliwice 2014: 19.2319.2327.1930 Nov 201322 Feb 2014

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 4.23 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.