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Johannes Rueben

3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016RUEB01

Johannes Rueben has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 351st in Germany. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,144 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.05 in January 2016 to 9.75, a 25% improvement. Johannes has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.75
signature single · Warm Up Wommelgem 2024
1,144
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×39.7512.12
top 6.8%351 / 4,109
4×436.4239.64
top 8.1%160 / 1,934
Pyraminx5.019.03
top 13.2%341 / 1,987
2×22.973.99
top 13.9%489 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed20.4123.86
top 21.6%287 / 1,314
5×51:39.251:44.44
top 34.8%359 / 1,158
Skewb8.7912.85
top 47.0%624 / 1,169
3×3 blindfolded2:56.333:57.87
top 51.4%152 / 343
Megaminx2:59.63—
top 74.2%545 / 787
7×77:29.15—
early days — 1 solve385 / 510
6×65:51.81—
early days — 1 solve495 / 586

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

Cubelonia 2016: 13.05German Open 2016: 12.91Cubelonia 2017: 12.09German Open 2017: 14.03German Big Cube Open 2017: 11.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.03German Open 2018: 11.19WCA European Championship 2018: 10.32Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 12.71German Big Cube Open 2018: 11.39Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 11.49Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 12.44German Nationals 2019: 11.72Annuntia Open 2020: 11.65Dutch Nationals 2022: 12.45Wommelgem Open 2023: 11.71Cubing in HD 2023: 11.82Aasee Algorithms 2023: 11.56Visé Sunday Open 2023: 9.81Belgian Nationals 2023: 12.30Leersum Algs 2024: 11.41Arnhem Open B 2024: 11.13Leuven Open 2024: 12.64Kölner Kubing 2024: 11.42Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 9.75Aachen Open 2025: 11.84No Rush Hasselt 2026: 12.43Bremium Cubing 2026: 12.65Aachen Summer Open 2026: 12.179.7514.039 Jan 20164 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.