People · Germany
Jim Cordes
3×3 · top 54.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025CORD13
Jim Cordes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.95, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 54.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,523rd in Germany. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.12 in August 2025 to 25.95, a 26% improvement. Jim has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.95 | 29.56 | top 54.7% | 2,523 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 7.38 | 9.86 | top 63.4% | 2,014 / 2,875 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.46 | — | top 83.6% | 1,594 / 1,934 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.92 at Schwerin Open 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025First competition: Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025. A 35.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Schwerin Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
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.
- Anton Schröder — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thorsten Jenz — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.