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Björn Linow

3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LINO02

Björn Linow has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.52, set at Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 605th in Germany. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 239 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.39 in March 2024 to 11.52, a 25% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.52
signature single · Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026
239
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×311.5215.32
top 12.2%605 / 4,109
Pyraminx6.2111.50
top 21.6%550 / 1,987
2×24.205.84
top 29.1%962 / 2,875
4×458.581:03.41
top 34.9%651 / 1,934
5×51:44.351:51.46
top 38.6%396 / 1,158
Skewb8.1614.51
top 42.5%560 / 1,169
Megaminx1:56.702:06.27
top 44.0%331 / 787
Square-128.5658.03
top 46.7%230 / 533
3×3 one-handed32.6848.36
top 52.7%686 / 1,314
Clock17.0822.20
top 55.7%359 / 634
6×64:57.94
early days — 1 solve445 / 586

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

Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 15.39Back to Berlin 2024: 15.24Berlin Summer Open 2025: 15.04Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026: 11.5211.5215.392 Mar 202422 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.