People · Poland
Szymon Nowak
Pyraminx · top 8.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019NOWA03
Szymon Nowak has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.12, set at Polish Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 548th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2019, he has put 324 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.56 in March 2019 to 11.05, a 40% improvement. Szymon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.12 | 8.69 | top 8.3% | 548 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.45 | top 10.6% | 926 / 6,576 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.75 | 24.28 | top 22.6% | 505 / 2,176 | |
| 4×4 | 48.72 | 54.36 | top 23.1% | 649 / 2,851 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 4.66 | top 24.9% | 1,617 / 5,422 | |
| Skewb | 8.04 | 9.47 | top 41.6% | 1,339 / 2,810 | |
| Square-1 | 28.53 | 47.28 | top 46.7% | 449 / 1,002 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.90 | — | top 48.6% | 653 / 1,442 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.48 | — | top 56.5% | 349 / 669 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.28 | — | top 58.1% | 808 / 1,384 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 317 / 466 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 57.33 | top 65.6% | 319 / 466 | |
| 7×7 | 5:57.91 | — | top 67.2% | 351 / 546 | |
| Clock | 26.28 | — | top 79.0% | 1,225 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2020Six personal bests in one day at Polish Speedcubing Tour LLS Lublin 2020.
- 6 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Santa Claus Cube Race Poland 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at PST CFL Częstochowa 2019.
- 13 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Polish Open 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.16 at II Project Warszawa 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at II Project Warszawa 2019.
Competitions
- Mazowiecka Liga Speedcubingu Warszawa 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Speedcubing Tour LLS Lublin 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Santa Claus Cube Race Poland 2019 · 6 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- III Project Warszawa 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- PST CFL Częstochowa 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- III Masovian Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- II Project Warszawa 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Project Warszawa 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Piotr Oleszczuk — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 37 times · head to head
- Jakub Hamkało — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jakub Bartos — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.