People · Germany
Linus Mathes
Clock · top 27.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MATH07
Linus Mathes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at German Open 2025, puts him in the top 27.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in Germany. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.30 in April 2024 to 17.18, a 41% improvement. Linus has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 10.43 | 13.19 | top 27.2% | 187 / 634 | |
| 3×3 | 17.18 | 18.84 | top 31.6% | 1,547 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 4.41 | 6.01 | top 31.8% | 1,051 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.14 | 13.92 | top 37.4% | 850 / 1,987 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.81 | — | top 62.0% | 1,180 / 1,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.47 | — | top 65.9% | 713 / 1,158 | |
| Skewb | 16.88 | 23.68 | top 83.7% | 1,040 / 1,169 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024First competition: German Open 2024. A 29.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- German Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
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.
- Javid Nabizade — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Imanuel Müller — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emil Jenz — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.