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Hannes Laabs

2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LAAB01

Hannes Laabs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Aasee Algorithms 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2023, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.48 in June 2023 to 10.63, a 15% improvement. Hannes has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.85
signature single · Aasee Algorithms 2023
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.853.85
top 3.9%174 / 2,875
3×310.6313.41
top 9.4%482 / 4,109
Pyraminx5.548.45
top 16.7%417 / 1,987
4×448.4355.78
top 22.7%426 / 1,934
5×52:16.50
early days — 2 solves639 / 1,158

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

Aasee Algorithms 2023: 12.48Kölner Kubing 2023: 10.6310.6312.483 Jun 202311 Nov 2023

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 0.85 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.