Tymon Kolasiński (born 21 June 2005) is a Polish speedcuber. He currently holds the tenth-best average of five 3×3×3 solves (by WCA standards) at 4.49 seconds. He has also set world records in the 3×3×3, 4×4×4, 5×5×5, and Pyraminx events, in addition to European records in the 6×6×6 and 7×7×7 events. He currently holds the world record single and average of 5 in the 5×5×5 event, with times of 29.49 seconds and 33.73 seconds, respectively. He also holds the world record single in the 4×4×4 event with a time of 15.18 seconds, broken at the Spanish Championship 2025.
At the 2023 World Championship, Kolasiński was crowned world champion in the 4×4×4 and 6×6×6 events, and finished as the runner-up in the 5×5×5 and the 7×7×7 events. He also secured a third place finish in the 3×3×3 event. He also won the 3×3×3, 4×4×4, 5×5×5, and 6×6×6 events at the 2024 European Championship. He was formerly the Pyraminx world champion, winning in 2019.
Kolasiński is best known for his efficient ZB solutions, using advanced techniques paired with quick thinking in order to stay consistent. He popularized the 3×3×3 "pseudoslotting" technique, a combination of multislotting and keyhole.
As of 22 August 2026, Kolasiński has won 513 events in World Cube Association competitions. He has broken 16 world records, 66 European continental records, and 50 Polish national records.
As of 14 May 2026, Kolasiński's YouTube channel has over 99,000 subscribers.
Career Before rising to the spotlight for his success in N×N×N cubes, Kolasiński specialized in the Pyraminx event. He previously achieved the Pyraminx world record single and average on five occasions. He became the Pyraminx world champion at the 2019 WCA World Championship, finishing with an average of 2.40 seconds.
On 19 December 2021, at Cubers Eve Lubartów 2021, Kolasiński achieved an average of 5.09 seconds, breaking Max Park’s 3×3×3 world record average of 5.32 seconds. Kolasiński later broke this record at Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022, with an average of 4.86 seconds. This record was later tied by Park, before being beaten in 2023 by Yiheng Wang.
At the Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022, Kolasiński achieved his first official 3×3×3 competition solve under 4 seconds.
At the WCA World Championship in 2023, Kolasiński got third place behind Yiheng Wang and Max Park.
On 29 September 2024, at DuPage Fall 2024, Kolasiński achieved a 5×5×5 single of 31.60 seconds, beating Max Park's world record. This was the first time in nearly 6 years that somebody besides Max Park had this record.
On 5 July 2025, at the Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, Kolasiński achieved a 5×5×5 average of five of 34.31 seconds, beating Max Park's world record. This was the first time in almost 7 years that somebody besides Max Park had this record. This also made him the world champion for the event. In 3×3×3, Kolasiński once again got third place, this time behind Xuanyi Geng and Yiheng Wang, with a 4.98 average of five.
On 1 May 2026, at All Rounders Katowice I 2026, in first round, Tymon broke both 5x5x5 world records again, with 29.49 second single and 33.73 average, becoming the first person to ever solve a 5x5x5 cube in under thirty seconds at a WCA sanctioned competition.
Notable rankings Kolasiński's rankings as of 6 October 2026: EventFormatTime (sec)World RankContinental Rank3×3×3Single3.56192Ao54.491022×2×2Single0.607930Ao51.081894×4×4Single15.1811Ao518.56115×5×5Single29.4911Ao533.73126×6×6Single59.8432Mo31:05.78427×7×7Single1:32.6931Mo31:41.4382 PyraminxSingle0.983916Ao51.725616
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