People · Germany
Emil Alexander Ottinger
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025OTTI02
Emil Alexander Ottinger has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 290th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 215 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.42 in November 2025 to 9.36, a 10% improvement. Emil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 10.97 | top 5.8% | 290 / 4,182 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.90 | 1:09.88 | top 10.6% | 72 / 798 | |
| Clock | 7.33 | 9.11 | top 12.2% | 71 / 647 | |
| 4×4 | 42.13 | 50.36 | top 14.7% | 270 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 6.11 | top 15.6% | 400 / 2,020 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.52 | top 16.9% | 602 / 2,931 | |
| Skewb | 6.31 | 9.10 | top 28.3% | 395 / 1,192 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.97 | 1:40.71 | top 33.1% | 345 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.93 | 28.98 | top 34.1% | 452 / 1,328 | |
| 7×7 | 5:16.45 | 5:39.17 | early days — 3 solves | 239 / 521 | |
| Square-1 | 41.66 | 50.74 | top 67.4% | 367 / 541 |
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
- 30 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Franconia Cube Days 2026.
- 17 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025. A 11.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Franconia Cube Days 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Erlangen Open III 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Alwin Rölz — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jakub Osvald — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dmytro Vareniuk — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.