People · Germany
Anton Monkowius
2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024MONK01
Anton Monkowius has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Linz Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 226th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2024, he has put 548 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in August 2024 to 11.47, a 50% improvement. Anton has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.68 | top 5.5% | 226 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 3.85 | 7.11 | top 9.9% | 126 / 1,169 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 8.10 | top 10.5% | 270 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 11.47 | 14.17 | top 12.0% | 598 / 4,109 | |
| Square-1 | 15.55 | 18.36 | top 17.7% | 84 / 533 | |
| 4×4 | 59.48 | 1:06.25 | top 35.9% | 670 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.86 | 35.19 | top 36.5% | 478 / 1,314 | |
| Clock | 15.38 | 16.62 | top 49.5% | 323 / 634 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 730 / 1,158 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Graz Open 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Munich Open 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Back to School in Ivanka 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Linz Summer 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Linz Summer 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Fasching 2025.
Competitions
- Vienna Frühling 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Graz Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to School in Ivanka 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Linz Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Fasching 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Plzeň Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Christmas B 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Julian Ostadal — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Paul Atzwanger — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Simon Praschl — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.