People · Germany
Carl Hetz
Pyraminx · top 4.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023HETZ01
Carl Hetz has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.15, set at Franconia XX 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,159 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.63 in May 2023 to 13.40, a 66% improvement. Carl has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.15 | 5.03 | top 4.2% | 95 / 1,987 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.95 | top 5.6% | 230 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 4.44 | 7.28 | top 14.0% | 191 / 1,169 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 15.73 | top 18.9% | 924 / 4,109 | |
| Clock | 9.67 | 11.11 | top 23.5% | 156 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.22 | 1:44.81 | top 27.1% | 195 / 787 | |
| 4×4 | 53.19 | 1:01.91 | top 28.6% | 536 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.86 | 30.15 | top 33.8% | 446 / 1,314 | |
| Square-1 | 25.97 | 32.99 | top 41.4% | 190 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.13 | 3:42.95 | top 80.3% | 891 / 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
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup IV 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Bellinzona Open 2024.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in HD 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.09 at Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Bern Cubing Festival 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Chääswürfel 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Santa Solves 2025 · 18 Dec 2025
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Neyruz Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Hessen Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia XX 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiler Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Olte Februar Füürobe 2025 · 25 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chääswürfel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024
- Olte November Nachtschicht 2024 · 26 Nov 2024
- Swiss Science Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bellinzona Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Cubing in HD 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Germany 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2023 · 13 May 2023
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.
- Levin Houghton — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alwin Rölz — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ioannis Papadopoulos — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.