Saturday 24 October 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 24 October 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Germany → Benedikt Thurm

People · Germany

Benedikt Thurm

2×2 · top 0.053% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023THUR01

Benedikt Thurm has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.62, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.053% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Germany. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2023, he has put 1,627 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.54 in August 2023 to 5.54, a 35% improvement. Benedikt has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.053% of 189,179 all-time
0.62
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,627
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×20.621.42
top 0.053%2 / 2,931
3×35.548.33
top 0.27%14 / 4,182
Pyraminx2.123.64
top 1.4%27 / 2,020
4×427.1134.28
top 1.4%30 / 1,966
5×555.7959.90
top 3.7%36 / 1,175
3×3 one-handed12.7215.63
top 4.0%59 / 1,328
6×61:42.451:54.34
top 4.7%22 / 595
Skewb3.325.32
top 6.7%86 / 1,192
Megaminx55.021:00.52
top 7.5%53 / 798
7×72:54.383:02.23
top 9.1%30 / 521
Square-111.7318.09
top 9.4%41 / 541
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.33
top 9.9%57 / 343
Clock7.628.25
top 13.3%78 / 647
3×3 blindfolded1:43.232:11.63
top 27.8%88 / 350
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 13:57—
early days — 1 solve110 / 144
4×4 blindfolded19:02.00—
early days — 1 solve78 / 89

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

German Nationals 2023: 8.54V-Cube Spiel B 2023: 9.23c't Open Hannover 2023: 8.78Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 7.82Rahn Education Open 2024: 7.61German Open 2024: 7.51Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.32c't Open Hannover 2024: 7.55Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 7.22Franconia Christmas A 2024: 7.68Hessen Mini Open 2025: 5.54Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 7.79Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 7.34Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.19c't Open Hannover 2025: 6.97Schwerin Open 2026: 7.10Braunschweig Open 2026: 6.85Rahn Education Open 2026: 6.44Aachen Summer Open 2026: 7.73Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.72Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 7.92c't Open Hannover 2026: 6.715.549.234 Aug 202317 Oct 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.