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Andres Flügel

2×2 · top 0.31% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009FLUG01

Andres Flügel has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.86, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.31% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Germany. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2009, he has put 1,642 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.36 in January 2009 to 6.72, an 86% improvement. Andres has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.31% of 189,179 all-time
0.86
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,642
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×20.863.16
top 0.31%15 / 2,931
3×36.728.42
top 1.1%54 / 4,182
4×429.7435.20
top 2.7%56 / 1,966
Pyraminx4.116.39
top 8.3%198 / 2,020
3×3 one-handed15.3518.06
top 8.9%119 / 1,328
Megaminx59.861:10.54
top 10.0%69 / 798
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.00
top 12.2%67 / 343
5×51:11.761:17.65
top 13.0%136 / 1,175
Skewb5.498.17
top 22.0%289 / 1,192
7×73:41.453:56.14
early days — 3 solves91 / 521
Square-119.1525.14
top 26.0%133 / 541
6×62:34.302:44.37
top 27.9%132 / 595
3×3 blindfolded3:24.21—
early days — 3 solves183 / 350

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

Aachen Open 2009: 46.36French Open 2009: 28.03German Open 2009: 21.68Essen Open 2009: 15.88German Nationals 2009: 13.83German Open 2010: 11.83Cologne Open 2010: 11.83German Nationals 2010: 11.02Aachen Open 2011: 9.80German Open 2011: 10.33Hamburg Open 2011: 10.44Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 10.47Swedish Championship 2011: 9.84German Nationals 2011: 10.15Berlin Cube Day 2013: 8.79Berlin Open 2014: 9.68Hamburg Open 2017: 8.03Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017: 9.06Bremium Cubing 2019: 6.72Hamburg International 2019: 9.36Hamburg International 2020: 9.05German Nationals 2023: 9.91c't Open Hannover 2023: 9.13Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 8.02c't Open Hannover 2024: 8.04Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 7.88Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 8.71c't Open Hannover 2025: 7.46Schwerin Open 2026: 7.96Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.536.7246.3610 Jan 200928 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.