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Lars Tschümperlin

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013TSCH01

Lars Tschümperlin has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Argovia Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Switzerland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2013, he has put 861 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.22 in November 2013 to 7.83, a 30% improvement. Lars has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Argovia Open 2018
861
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×37.839.86
top 2.5%31 / 1,197
2×21.803.01
top 3.6%55 / 913
4×435.5239.58
top 7.2%31 / 462
3×3 one-handed15.3619.28
top 8.8%37 / 367
Pyraminx4.457.21
top 10.0%91 / 655
5×51:18.771:25.59
top 18.1%40 / 266
Megaminx1:19.902:03.91
top 21.7%48 / 207
6×62:58.723:07.88
top 40.5%50 / 141
Skewb7.9813.74
top 41.1%183 / 388
Square-126.6844.81
top 42.8%69 / 159
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
early days — 2 solves55 / 97
7×75:44.685:54.75
top 63.9%67 / 118

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

Munich Open 2013: 11.22Swiss Open 2014: 10.40SwissScience Open 2014: 10.59Swiss Nationals 2015: 10.77SwissScience Open 2015: 9.02Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 9.78Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 9.35Swiss Nationals 2016: 8.24Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 10.21Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 8.46World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.03Zurich Open 2017: 9.10Swiss Nationals 2017: 8.48Argovia Open 2018: 7.83Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 9.13Swiss Science Open 2023: 9.36Swiss Science Open 2025: 9.257.8311.229 Nov 20134 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.