People · Poland
Tomek Gamlij
Skewb · top 0.78% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021GAML01
Tomek Gamlij has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Back to Kostelec 2025, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Poland. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2021, he has put 601 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.58 in July 2021 to 8.40, a 73% improvement. Tomek has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.73 | 3.04 | top 0.78% | 59 / 2,810 | |
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 11.06 | top 3.5% | 361 / 6,576 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 3.32 | top 4.1% | 372 / 5,422 | |
| 4×4 | 35.86 | 40.41 | top 7.5% | 244 / 2,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.32 | 7.08 | top 9.3% | 605 / 4,406 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.13 | 22.59 | top 12.9% | 308 / 2,176 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.15 | 1:18.80 | top 15.1% | 224 / 1,384 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.62 | 1:23.47 | top 17.3% | 252 / 1,442 | |
| 6×6 | 2:27.10 | 2:38.57 | top 24.1% | 161 / 669 | |
| Square-1 | 19.78 | 25.59 | top 27.5% | 295 / 1,002 | |
| Clock | 13.22 | 15.70 | top 40.6% | 682 / 1,549 | |
| 7×7 | 4:34.43 | 4:52.40 | top 42.6% | 206 / 546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:25.08 | — | top 59.6% | 284 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2026Six personal bests in one day at Głuszyca Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cottbus Cubing 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Back to Kostelec 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Prague Summer Opener 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Żmigród Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Żmigród Open 2025.
Competitions
- Głuszyca Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Scrambled Cubes Legnica 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cottbus Cubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to Kostelec 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Prague Summer Opener 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Żmigród Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Zielona Góra Fresh Cubing 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Nowa Sól Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Energy Cube Koło 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Elektryk Cube Race 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube4fun League VIII Bełżyce 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Project Kedzierzyn-Kozle 2021 · 28 Aug 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu I Bełżyce 2021 · 3 Jul 2021
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.
- Karol Zakrzewski — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kacper Paweł Dworak — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Łukasz Dubicki — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.