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Linus Buck

3×3 · top 0.39% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BUCK01

Linus Buck has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.84, set at Just Judge Jura 2026, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Germany. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 68 competitions since May 2016, he has put 5,034 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.85 in May 2016 to 5.84, a 46% improvement. Linus has entered 68 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.39% of 284,439 all-time
5.84
signature single · Just Judge Jura 2026
5,034
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×35.848.64
top 0.39%19 / 4,109
4×423.8331.53
top 0.46%10 / 1,934
Pyraminx1.562.88
top 0.5%7 / 1,987
2×21.161.71
top 0.92%42 / 2,875
5×552.5458.77
top 2.5%26 / 1,158
Skewb2.564.47
top 3.1%28 / 1,169
3×3 one-handed12.1016.59
top 3.1%40 / 1,314
Megaminx46.4954.51
top 3.6%19 / 787
6×61:40.941:48.59
top 4.3%19 / 586
7×72:37.242:55.89
top 5.0%19 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.33
top 5.1%36 / 338
3×3 blindfolded1:25.663:40.55
top 21.6%73 / 343
Clock14.2518.43
top 44.9%296 / 634
Square-137.9358.31
top 62.7%336 / 533

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

Hessen Open 2016: 10.85Swiss Nationals 2016: 10.89Munich Open 2016: 11.83Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 11.83Hessen Open 2017: 11.16Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 11.17German Nationals 2017: 10.97Monnem City Cubing 2017: 10.21PSKubing 2017: 10.55Swiss Nationals 2017: 10.83Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 8.60Elsass Open 2018: 11.12Hessen Open 2018: 10.23WCA European Championship 2018: 9.46German Nationals 2018: 9.86Monnem City Cubing 2018: 9.30Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018: 8.90D-City Cubing 2019: 8.49Zentralschweiz 2019: 7.77Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 9.44Hessen Open 2019: 9.21Zurich Open 2019: 9.02Swiss Nationals 2019: 8.30Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 7.27German Nationals 2019: 8.74Monnem City Cubing 2019: 7.99Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 8.53Munich Open 2019: 7.42Baden-Württemberg Open 2019: 8.22Basel Open 2020: 7.64Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 8.18Little Village Open 2022: 8.22Stevenage Spring 2022: 8.59Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 7.45Tallinn Open 2022: 8.01Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 8.80German Nationals 2022: 8.57Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 7.72Swiss Science Open 2022: 8.70Bratislava Christmas Cubing 2022: 7.58Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 8.80Cubing in HD 2023: 7.97Hessen Open 2023: 8.52NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 8.48Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 7.74Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023: 8.20German Nationals 2023: 8.55Tbilisi October Open 2023: 8.41Thailand Championship 2023: 8.44Budapest Spring 2024: 7.56Cubing in HD 2024: 7.62Mallorca Open 2024: 7.74Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 7.84Back to Berlin 2024: 8.29Vilnius Winter Open 2025: 6.63Aachen Open 2025: 6.80Zadar Open 2025: 8.17Bucharest Cubing October 2025: 8.53Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025: 8.76Portugal Championship 2025: 6.81Just Judge Jura 2026: 5.84Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026: 8.98French Championship 2026: 8.87Barby Cube 2026: 8.575.8411.837 May 201622 May 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.