People · Germany
Emil Ott
2×2 · top 5.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019OTTE02
Emil Ott has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 235th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2019, he has put 451 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.05 in June 2019 to 10.68, a 37% improvement. Emil has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 5.33 | top 5.6% | 235 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 12.68 | top 9.6% | 497 / 4,182 | |
| Clock | 7.24 | 7.90 | top 11.8% | 67 / 647 | |
| 4×4 | 39.86 | 47.17 | top 12.0% | 230 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 8.47 | top 17.7% | 452 / 2,020 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.38 | 1:29.68 | top 18.8% | 198 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.85 | 28.87 | top 25.7% | 342 / 1,328 | |
| 6×6 | 2:36.49 | 2:47.89 | top 29.0% | 136 / 595 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.29 | 4:44.48 | top 32.8% | 128 / 521 | |
| Skewb | 9.33 | 17.40 | top 50.8% | 677 / 1,192 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 409 / 798 |
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
- 4 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022.
- 19 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
Competitions
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Monnem City Cubing 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Laura Holzhauer — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.