People · Germany
Billy Minchin
2×2 · top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MINC01
Billy Minchin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at CuBonn Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2024, he has put 359 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in March 2024 to 8.43, a 49% improvement. Billy 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 | 1.17 | 3.01 | top 0.96% | 44 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 9.60 | top 3.6% | 200 / 4,182 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.85 | 8.08 | top 12.3% | 318 / 2,020 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.61 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: German Newcomer Day 2024. A 17.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waremme Open 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Open de Lumes 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Lent 2026 · 10 Jul 2026
- CuBonn Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Franconia Christmas B 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Javid Nabizade — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Imanuel Müller — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.