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Frieder Klein

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013KLEI01

Frieder Klein has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Cubing Returns Munich A 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2013, he has put 467 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.53 in February 2013 to 8.46, a 42% improvement. Frieder has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.28
signature single · Cubing Returns Munich A 2023
467
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.284.07
top 1.3%60 / 2,875
3×38.469.89
top 3.7%198 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed14.4617.18
top 7.0%95 / 1,314
4×438.9642.20
top 10.9%203 / 1,934
Pyraminx6.9310.65
top 27.3%677 / 1,987
5×51:34.181:40.19
top 30.8%322 / 1,158
Skewb12.7815.92
top 69.7%882 / 1,169
Megaminx2:52.00
top 71.0%531 / 787
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 2 solves255 / 338
3×3 blindfolded6:09.58
early days — 1 solve286 / 343

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

Hessen Open 2013: 14.53BW Open 2013: 14.65Hessen Open 2014: 9.27German Nationals 2014: 10.46Hessen Open 2015: 12.08Munich Open 2015: 9.86Hessen Open 2016: 9.71Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 9.12Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 9.18Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 8.468.4614.652 Feb 20134 May 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.