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Emil Mickein

Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013MICK01

Emil Mickein has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.67, set at Minx C-Open-hagen 2020, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Germany. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since April 2013, he has put 2,243 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.22 in April 2013 to 10.28, a 72% improvement. Emil has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time
2.67
signature single · Minx C-Open-hagen 2020
2,243
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx2.675.12
top 2.6%53 / 1,987
Clock5.277.81
top 5.1%24 / 634
3×310.2813.59
top 8.3%425 / 4,109
Skewb3.845.75
top 9.8%125 / 1,169
2×23.225.80
top 16.8%590 / 2,875
4×444.4155.48
top 17.5%328 / 1,934
5×51:35.031:43.69
top 31.5%326 / 1,158
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.7%159 / 338

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

German Open 2013: 37.22Berlin Open 2013: 34.86German Nationals 2013: 21.38Berlin Cube Day 2013: 22.63Duisburg Winter 2014: 20.10German Open 2014: 18.30Berlin Open 2014: 17.36Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 16.93German Nationals 2014: 15.47PLS Szczecin 2014: 15.00German Open 2015: 14.94Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015: 15.18German Nationals 2015: 13.71Cubelonia 2016: 13.93Kaskada Open 2016: 14.20German Open 2016: 13.66Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016: 12.43European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 12.61German Nationals 2016: 12.88Cubelonia 2017: 12.47German Open 2017: 13.93Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017: 12.59German Nationals 2017: 12.74Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017: 13.10German Open 2018: 14.25Cologne Open 2018: 12.83WCA European Championship 2018: 10.96German Nationals 2018: 10.28Monnem City Cubing 2018: 11.66Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 12.79German Open 2019: 12.45Hamburg International 2019: 12.52Munich Open 2019: 13.45Minx C-Open-hagen 2020: 12.25Hamburg International 2020: 11.56GamMa Spring 2022: 13.50Szczecin Open 2022: 12.61Szczecin Winter 2022: 12.79Chääswürfel 2022: 12.89German Nationals 2023: 14.71Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 12.19Zielona Góra Fresh Cubing 2024: 14.45c't Open Hannover 2024: 14.96Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 13.07Back to Berlin 2024: 13.53Berlin Summer Open 2025: 11.86c't Open Hannover 2025: 11.16Cottbus Cubing 2025: 11.86Schwerin Open 2026: 12.55SzczeciNxN 2026: 14.08German Open 2026: 13.20Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026: 10.9810.2837.2220 Apr 201325 Apr 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.