People · Germany
Arne Ritterskamp
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023RITT02
Arne Ritterskamp has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Kölner Kubing 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2023, he has put 353 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.25 in October 2023 to 14.37, a 45% improvement. Arne has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.50 | 4.93 | top 8.9% | 343 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 4.00 | 11.67 | top 10.9% | 145 / 1,169 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 9.31 | top 15.5% | 395 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 16.73 | top 22.3% | 1,107 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.37 | 57.54 | top 56.1% | 737 / 1,314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.30 | 1:30.23 | top 57.8% | 1,110 / 1,934 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.55 | — | top 78.6% | 865 / 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 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.39 at German Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at German Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at German Newcomer Day 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First competition: V-Cube Spiel A 2023. A 27.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024 · 27 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- V-Cube Spiel A 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Imanuel Müller — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lion Jäschke — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Lasse Breucking — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.