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Julius Claussen

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CLAU05

Julius Claussen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2023, he has put 723 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.73 in September 2023 to 9.46, a 49% improvement. Julius has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.42
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2026
723
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.422.54
top 1.8%80 / 2,875
Pyraminx3.054.65
top 3.8%87 / 1,987
Clock5.586.39
top 5.9%34 / 634
3×39.4611.48
top 6.0%301 / 4,109
Megaminx1:03.201:07.69
top 11.6%80 / 787
4×439.5943.54
top 11.6%218 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed18.0021.61
top 15.1%198 / 1,314
Skewb5.418.21
top 21.3%282 / 1,169
Square-121.8328.37
top 32.1%158 / 533
5×51:47.47—
top 40.8%425 / 1,158
3×3 blindfolded2:58.00—
top 51.8%154 / 343
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:30—
early days — 1 solve98 / 142

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

Eberstädter Einsteiger-Event 2023: 18.73Bavarian Open 2023: 18.46Cubing in HD 2024: 12.15Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 13.81Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 11.98Stevenage August 2024: 12.78Cubing Days Neuburg 2024: 10.08Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.32Franconia Spring 2025: 12.03Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.59Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025: 10.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.73Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 9.469.4618.7323 Sep 202328 Aug 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.

  • Alexander Botz — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Noah Kraft — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Alwin Rölz — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.