People · Germany
Erik Buchholz
3×3 · top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023BUCH04
Erik Buchholz has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.79, set at Rhein-Sieg Open 2025, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,488th in Germany. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 55 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.79 in August 2023 to 16.79, a 29% improvement. Erik 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 | 16.79 | 20.55 | top 30.3% | 1,488 / 4,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.14 | 18.08 | top 73.6% | 1,568 / 1,987 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.56 at German Newcomer Day 2025.
- 4 Aug 2023First competition: German Nationals 2023. A 23.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rhein-Sieg Open 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023
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.
- Katharina Guth — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Henri Gerber — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Huang (黄宇轩) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.