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Annika Stein

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014STEI03

Annika Stein has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.24, set at Cubing in HD 2024, puts her in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 104 competitions since March 2014, she has put 6,664 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in March 2014 to 7.24, a 62% improvement. Annika has entered 104 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.24
signature single · Cubing in HD 2024
6,664
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.249.86
top 1.6%92 / 4,109
Skewb2.253.37
top 2.1%16 / 1,169
2×21.503.96
top 2.2%101 / 2,875
4×432.1336.96
top 4.3%83 / 1,934
Pyraminx3.677.26
top 6.2%146 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed15.6420.21
top 9.4%121 / 1,314
5×51:12.711:18.54
top 13.6%138 / 1,158
6×62:11.072:29.76
top 15.8%68 / 586
Megaminx1:15.331:23.89
top 18.9%141 / 787
7×73:40.753:49.47
top 23.8%87 / 510
Clock10.0411.63
top 25.3%175 / 634
Square-120.1428.29
top 28.3%140 / 533
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.33
top 30.0%114 / 338
3×3 blindfolded2:27.883:06.49
top 42.6%137 / 343
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:10—
top 52.6%77 / 142

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

Hessen Open 2014: 19.13Hessen Open 2015: 13.09Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 11.61Hessen Open 2016: 9.48Sébra Open 2016: 11.75PSKubing 2016: 12.28Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 9.71Hessen Open 2017: 11.68German Nationals 2017: 11.59Monnem City Cubing 2017: 10.81PSKubing 2017: 11.41Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 11.13German Open 2018: 11.06Hessen Open 2018: 10.02WCA European Championship 2018: 10.52Franconia Open 2018: 9.60Monnem City Cubing 2018: 10.44German Big Cube Open 2018: 11.16Luxembourg Open 2018: 9.37Annuntia Open 2019: 10.19Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 10.02German Open 2019: 10.74Hessen Open 2019: 11.09Elsass Open 2019: 10.42Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 9.82Hoogland Open 2019: 8.75Monnem City Cubing 2019: 9.55Liechtenstein Open 2019: 10.17German Big Cube Open 2019: 9.86Baden-Württemberg Open 2019: 10.84Annuntia Open 2020: 8.97Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 9.62Franconia Winter 2020: 10.24Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 9.58German Mini Open B 2021: 10.03Seraing Open 2021: 9.59Little Village Open 2022: 9.13Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 10.40German Mini Open A 2022: 10.24Franconia Mini Open A 2022: 8.98Luxembourg Open 2022: 10.51Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.30Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 9.44German Nationals 2022: 9.84Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 9.90V-Cube Spiel B 2022: 10.36Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 8.62Franconia Mini Open A 2023: 8.79Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 10.65Rahn Education Leipzig 2023: 11.45Cubing in HD 2023: 10.72Hessen Open 2023: 9.56Aasee Algorithms 2023: 10.61German Nationals 2023: 11.87August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 10.63Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 9.80Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 9.42V-Cube Spiel A 2023: 9.39South Germany 2023: 9.75Kölner Kubing 2023: 10.01Italian Championship 2023: 10.14Hayange Open 2024: 10.14Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 8.95Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024: 9.45Rahn Education Open 2024: 10.69Cubing in HD 2024: 7.24German Open 2024: 9.58Hessen Open 2024: 10.10Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 10.63Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 9.59Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 9.50Bündner Open 2024: 9.65Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 9.57Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 10.92Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 9.87Hungarian Open 2024: 10.25Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 9.54Hayange Open 2025: 10.02Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 10.06Mainzelcubing 2025: 8.53Hessen Open 2025: 11.31Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 9.31Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 8.49Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.23Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025: 9.65La Côte Open 2025: 8.71Visé Saturday Open 2025: 9.32Neyruz Open 2025: 9.34Bündner Open 2025: 9.287.2419.1315 Mar 201427 Sep 2025

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as she improves.