People · Poland
Wiktor Kowalski
Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019KOWA02
Wiktor Kowalski has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 269th in Poland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2019, he has put 735 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.96 in March 2019 to 10.69, an 11% improvement. Wiktor has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 5.37 | top 3.4% | 269 / 4,406 | |
| Skewb | 3.76 | 6.06 | top 9.3% | 406 / 2,810 | |
| 3×3 | 10.69 | 13.28 | top 9.5% | 842 / 6,576 | |
| 4×4 | 39.35 | 47.20 | top 11.4% | 352 / 2,851 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 3.91 | top 12.1% | 910 / 5,422 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.38 | 1:38.40 | top 24.4% | 345 / 1,442 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.95 | 31.72 | top 25.9% | 568 / 2,176 | |
| Clock | 10.19 | 11.04 | top 26.1% | 486 / 1,549 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:58.64 | — | top 33.1% | 171 / 466 | |
| Square-1 | 24.60 | 33.15 | top 38.3% | 385 / 1,002 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.56 | 3:18.08 | top 40.9% | 255 / 669 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.92 | — | top 45.1% | 593 / 1,384 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 39:55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 93 / 203 | |
| 7×7 | 4:44.29 | 4:59.03 | top 45.9% | 226 / 546 |
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
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Energy Cube Tomaszów Mazowiecki 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Reach Your Goals Wrocław 2023.
- 13 Sep 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Polish Open 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Byczy Cube Race 2019.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at LLS II 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First competition: Project Warszawa 2019. A 13.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Championship 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Energy Cube Tomaszów Mazowiecki 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Giżycko Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Siedlce Open 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Energy Cube Koło 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Reach Your Goals Wrocław 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mikołajki Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Gdańsk Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Polish Championship 2022 · 8 Jul 2022
- Mazowiecka Liga Speedcubingu Warszawa 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- III Project Warszawa 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Polish Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- II Project Warszawa 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Byczy Cube Race 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- LLS II 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Project Warszawa 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
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 Olszewski — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Przemysław Rogalski — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Michał Krasowski — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.