People · Estonia
Hans Saar
Skewb · top 3.2% of 74,164 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SAAR03
Hans Saar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Tartu Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Estonia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2023, he has put 674 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.13 in December 2023 to 9.67, a 20% improvement. Hans has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Estonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.58 | 4.22 | top 3.2% | 7 / 129 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.59 | 6.93 | top 5.9% | 12 / 189 | |
| 3×3 | 9.67 | 12.25 | top 6.6% | 25 / 311 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.63 | top 8.6% | 33 / 245 | |
| 4×4 | 47.14 | 55.10 | top 21.1% | 22 / 124 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.12 | 30.04 | top 23.6% | 24 / 116 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.12 | — | top 53.9% | 31 / 61 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 38 / 48 | |
| Square-1 | 49.16 | — | top 75.4% | 38 / 47 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at PärNuti Cubing 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Tallinn Open 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tartu Open 2024.
- 15 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Audentes Open 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Tallinn Spring 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First competition: Tartu Open 2023. A 12.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nuti Estonian Championship 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Viljandi Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nuti Tallinn Open 2026 · 24 May 2026
- PärNuti Cubing 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Estonian Championship 2025 · 10 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tallinn Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tallinn Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Audentes Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tallinn Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tallinn Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2023 · 17 Dec 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.
- Maksim Zemtšihhin — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Mike Vidrik Rätsep — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Remo Pihel — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.