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Emil Jenz

2×2 · top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024JENZ01

Emil Jenz has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.76, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Germany. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2024, he has put 1,650 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in January 2024 to 7.60, a 57% improvement. Emil has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time
0.76
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,650
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×20.763.00
top 0.18%9 / 2,875
Clock3.003.84
top 0.75%3 / 634
3×37.609.76
top 2.1%124 / 4,109
Square-19.2212.76
top 4.8%23 / 533
4×433.8838.40
top 5.7%118 / 1,934
Pyraminx4.096.37
top 8.1%194 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed15.2418.97
top 8.6%115 / 1,314
Skewb3.685.53
top 8.8%112 / 1,169
5×51:09.721:18.40
top 11.4%117 / 1,158
Megaminx1:11.121:20.92
top 16.3%118 / 787
6×62:29.652:39.00
top 25.4%117 / 586
7×73:56.434:24.95
top 29.3%112 / 510

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

Central Germany 2024: 17.52Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 14.18German Newcomer Day 2024: 13.42Kölner Kubing 2024: 12.15c't Open Hannover 2024: 10.04Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024: 11.55Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 10.56Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.88Aachen Open 2025: 10.51German Newcomer Day 2025: 9.39Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 9.65Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 11.05German Open 2025: 9.71Kölner Kubing 2025: 9.98Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 10.44Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 9.36Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.61c't Open Hannover 2025: 10.09Schwerin Open 2026: 9.66Bremium Cubing 2026: 11.01German Open 2026: 9.27Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026: 9.20Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.607.6017.5213 Jan 202416 Jul 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.