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Linus Blümel

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BLUM01

Linus Blümel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,327 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.44 in October 2022 to 9.85, a 58% improvement. Linus has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2026
1,327
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.463.77
top 2.0%92 / 2,875
Pyraminx2.797.27
top 3.0%62 / 1,987
3×39.8512.25
top 7.0%365 / 4,109
Skewb3.916.10
top 10.3%132 / 1,169
3×3 one-handed16.1718.53
top 10.6%136 / 1,314
Clock7.427.95
top 12.6%72 / 634
4×448.7958.27
top 23.2%438 / 1,934
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves40.33
top 30.0%114 / 338
Megaminx2:05.142:23.71
top 48.7%360 / 787
5×52:11.532:24.80
top 56.3%603 / 1,158
Square-134.0344.62
top 56.8%305 / 533
6×65:18.935:53.60
top 84.9%473 / 586
3×3 blindfolded8:44.48—
early days — 1 solve328 / 343

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

Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 23.44Aasee Algorithms 2023: 16.87German Nationals 2023: 15.51Kölner Kubing 2023: 18.22German Open 2024: 13.80Kölner Kubing 2024: 14.64Summer Cubing in Stafsinge 2024: 14.15Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024: 12.23Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 13.51Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 15.15Aachen Open 2025: 12.52Mainzelcubing 2025: 14.26Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 10.89Kölner Kubing 2025: 11.62Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 11.69Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 11.73Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025: 11.83c't Open Hannover 2025: 12.19Braunschweig Open 2026: 11.37German Open 2026: 10.21Rahn Education Open 2026: 10.99Darmstadt Open 2026: 10.32CuBonn Open 2026: 11.63Aachen Summer Open 2026: 9.85Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 12.74Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 10.369.8523.4422 Oct 202228 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.