People · Germany
Friedrich Neitz
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025NEIT01
Friedrich Neitz has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 150 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.86 in November 2025 to 10.91, a 15% improvement. Friedrich 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 4.78 | top 5.7% | 237 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 10.91 | 13.62 | top 10.2% | 526 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.96 | 29.39 | top 34.1% | 451 / 1,314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.72 | 1:13.51 | top 37.2% | 705 / 1,934 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.43 | 13.52 | top 48.4% | 1,094 / 1,987 | |
| Clock | 21.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 443 / 634 | |
| Square-1 | 1:19.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 490 / 533 |
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
- 20 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Schwerin Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Cottbus Cubing 2025. A 12.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Schwerin Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cottbus Cubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jonas Ropella — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yannick Hailer — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fabian Common — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.