People · Austria
Julian Horwath
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HORW01
Julian Horwath has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Vienna Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Austria. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 185 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in March 2025 to 9.86, a 42% improvement. Julian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 1.62 | 4.17 | top 2.7% | 17 / 396 | |
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 11.00 | top 7.1% | 63 / 530 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 6.73 | top 9.1% | 34 / 261 | |
| Skewb | 4.60 | 6.11 | top 15.2% | 33 / 161 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.01 | 35.81 | top 51.2% | 100 / 184 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.72 | 1:33.00 | top 58.9% | 142 / 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
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Vienna Frühling 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Linz Nikolaus Day 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Autumn 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Linz Summer 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Linz Summer 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Vienna Fasching 2025. A 17.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vienna Frühling 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vienna Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Linz Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Vienna Fasching 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Paul Atzwanger — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Julian Ostadal — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Anton Monkowius — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.