People · Austria
Josef Schöfl
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SCHO08
Josef Schöfl has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Vienna Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Austria. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2024, he has put 139 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.90 in April 2024 to 14.92, a 32% improvement. Josef has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 4.53 | top 5.2% | 34 / 396 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 7.50 | top 6.7% | 29 / 261 | |
| 3×3 | 14.92 | 16.38 | top 24.2% | 180 / 530 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 204 / 224 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Linz Summer 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.70 at Vienna Summer 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Summer 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Longstone City Blind Open 2024. A 21.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Graz Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Linz Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Vienna Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lužice Open 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Longstone City Blind Open 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
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.
- Julian Ostadal — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Felizian Baumgartner — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Liubarets — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.