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Jan Zych vs Ignacy Malinowski

Two careers, 138 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Jan Zych (Poland) and Ignacy Malinowski (Poland) have met in 138 rounds across 16 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jan Zych leads Ignacy Malinowski: 108 finishes in front to 30.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Ignacy Malinowski holds the faster single in 8, Jan Zych in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJan Zych singleaverageIgnacy Malinowski singleaverage
3×35.656.976.147.39
2×20.601.750.591.56
4×426.0332.6926.7631.09
5×554.461:01.5750.3454.87
6×62:04.442:10.481:41.811:45.61
7×73:23.783:43.272:30.642:40.80
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves24.0029 moves
3×3 one-handed10.6113.128.6112.01
Clock11.9814.602.623.55
Megaminx26.3630.9045.7651.19
Pyraminx2.773.872.073.38
Skewb1.252.941.503.51
Square-18.0512.586.7110.65

Year by year

every meeting, 138 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 48 meetings2022: 482023: 222024: 472025: 132026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJan ZychIgnacy Malinowskiahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2First round2.992.49Ignacy Malinowski
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round7.959.15Jan Zych
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Second round10.6010.80Jan Zych
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5First round1:10.0958.98Ignacy Malinowski
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round30.9054.22Jan Zych
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.725.25Jan Zych
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.085.61Jan Zych
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026Square-1First round16.7810.65Ignacy Malinowski
2025Polish Championship 20253×3Semi Final7.808.60Jan Zych
2025Polish Championship 20253×3First round9.189.55Jan Zych
2025Polish Championship 20253×3Second round9.629.66Jan Zych
2025Polish Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round34.8059.16Jan Zych
2025Dragon Cubing X 20252×2First round3.631.82Jan Zych
2025Dragon Cubing X 20253×3Second round7.989.38Jan Zych

Full careers: Jan Zych · Ignacy Malinowski. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.