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Julian Schaffhauser

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011SCHA02

Julian Schaffhauser has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at San Lorenzo Open 2015, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Argentina. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2011, he has put 600 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.50 in February 2011 to 8.55, an 88% improvement. Julian has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.63
signature single · San Lorenzo Open 2015
600
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
2×21.633.02
top 2.7%39 / 1,203
3×38.5511.69
top 3.8%61 / 1,694
3×3 one-handed13.8617.46
top 5.9%31 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves—
top 8.0%9 / 83
3×3 blindfolded1:04.11—
top 14.4%16 / 95
4×442.8847.96
top 15.6%95 / 615
Pyraminx6.638.81
top 24.9%202 / 830
Square-119.3223.05
top 26.3%46 / 157
Megaminx2:41.38—
top 66.6%210 / 314
4×4 blindfolded16:54.00—
early days — 2 solves15 / 16

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

Buenos Aires Open 2011: 1:08.50Rubik's Cubed Baires 2.0 2011: 31.53Torneo de Verano 2012: 16.11El Puente Open 2013: 16.90Dista Open 2013: 12.53San Lorenzo Open 2015: 11.56UTN Otoño 2015: 10.35La Blindqueada 2015: 12.12San Lorenzo Invierno 2015: 12.27Baires Centro Open 2018: 11.32Nacionales Argentinas 2018: 12.02Martelli Open Otoño 2019: 9.94Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019: 12.06UTN Bisiesto 2020: 10.40Abierto de Navidad 2021: 11.48Mega Open Ciudadela 2022: 10.87Buenos Aires Cubea 2022: 8.55Di Tella Open 2023: 10.20Villa Riachuelo al Cubo 2025: 11.078.551:08.505 Feb 201113 Apr 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.