People · Austria
Clemens Jaklitsch
2×2 · top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025JAKL01
Clemens Jaklitsch has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Maribor Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Austria. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2025, he has put 361 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.92 in April 2025 to 2.45, a 65% improvement. Clemens 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 | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.66 | top 8.4% | 59 / 396 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 7.75 | top 13.9% | 52 / 261 | |
| 3×3 | 14.65 | 21.11 | top 23.2% | 171 / 530 | |
| Skewb | 8.08 | 12.17 | top 41.9% | 87 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.71 | — | top 55.7% | 59 / 93 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.51 | 50.90 | top 63.2% | 125 / 184 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.81 | — | top 67.1% | 158 / 224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:57.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 99 / 118 | |
| Clock | 40.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 73 / 79 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Langenstein Summer 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Maribor Open 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Prlekija Open 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Winter 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Autumn 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.52 at Graz Open 2025.
Competitions
- Slovenian Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Langenstein Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Novo mesto Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maribor Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Prlekija Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Vienna Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Graz Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenian Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Linz Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Trebelno Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
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.
- Marcel Niedl — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Leonhard Stefan Jaklitsch — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
- Simon Praschl — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.