People · New Zealand
Germain Wheatley
2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024WHEA01
Germain Wheatley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, he has put 180 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.01 in November 2024 to 16.60, a 31% improvement. Germain has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.69 | top 5.9% | 133 / 1,627 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 10.29 | top 26.0% | 368 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 | 16.60 | 21.29 | top 29.8% | 621 / 2,145 | |
| Clock | 17.22 | 23.74 | top 56.3% | 200 / 319 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.65 | 53.16 | top 70.1% | 400 / 607 | |
| Megaminx | 2:54.08 | — | early days — 3 solves | 232 / 284 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.93 at Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First competition: Kubing in Kapiti 2024. A 24.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Maddigan — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack McDougall — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.