People · Germany
Josef Farnbauer
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023FARN01
Josef Farnbauer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Franconia Cube Days 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 366 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.37 in February 2023 to 8.03, a 35% improvement. Josef 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 | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 9.70 | top 2.9% | 157 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.03 | top 6.6% | 266 / 2,931 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 6.97 | top 10.2% | 262 / 2,020 | |
| 4×4 | 42.89 | 50.74 | top 15.7% | 288 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.78 | 38.18 | top 55.1% | 723 / 1,328 |
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
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Cube Days 2026.
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Winter 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bavarian Open 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Cubing Returns Munich A 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023First competition: Franconia Mini Open B 2023. A 12.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Teublitz Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Franconia Cube Days 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Munich Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Spring 2025 · 14 Feb 2025
- Franconia Winter 2025 · 24 Jan 2025
- Franconia Christmas B 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Teublitz Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Franconia First Timers 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bavarian Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Munich A 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Mini Open B 2023 · 5 Feb 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.
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Dmytro Vareniuk — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Jonas Pilhöfer — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.