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Jan Engling

2×2 · top 5.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ENGL01

Jan Engling has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,036 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in January 2023 to 9.78, a 28% improvement. Jan has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.1% of 189,179 all-time
2.05
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2024
1,036
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.053.46
top 5.1%215 / 2,931
Skewb3.085.30
top 5.4%63 / 1,192
3×39.7811.49
top 6.9%363 / 4,182
4×439.1941.63
top 11.3%215 / 1,966
Pyraminx4.687.15
top 11.3%288 / 2,020
5×51:09.381:17.20
top 11.3%117 / 1,175
Megaminx1:03.891:19.78
top 12.1%83 / 798
Square-113.2017.77
top 12.4%53 / 541
Clock7.678.96
top 13.6%81 / 647
7×73:27.513:53.86
top 18.9%69 / 521
6×62:18.192:25.35
top 19.7%88 / 595
3×3 one-handed20.4424.69
top 21.7%294 / 1,328
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 2 solves242 / 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

Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 13.64Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 14.70Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 12.04German Nationals 2023: 14.12NxNxNürtingen 2023: 11.69Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 11.59Franconia Winter 2024: 13.21Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024: 11.19Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 12.45Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.18Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.10Mainzelcubing 2025: 10.58Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.51South Germany 2025: 10.57Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 10.42Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.09Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 9.789.7814.7014 Jan 202328 Aug 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.