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Lorenz Hofherr

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019HOFH01

Lorenz Hofherr has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Franconia Mini Open B 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 323rd in Germany. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2019, he has put 121 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.11 in November 2019 to 9.58, a 44% improvement. Lorenz has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.58
signature single · Franconia Mini Open B 2023
121
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×39.5810.91
top 6.3%323 / 4,109
4×439.0145.56
top 11.0%206 / 1,934
2×23.064.88
top 14.9%522 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed20.7724.89
top 22.6%301 / 1,314
5×51:28.711:43.49
top 26.2%278 / 1,158
Pyraminx9.5310.46
top 49.3%1,108 / 1,987
Skewb11.2413.86
top 62.1%799 / 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

Munich Open 2019: 17.11Franconia X 2019: 14.81Franconia Winter 2020: 14.09Franconia Mini Open B 2023: 9.589.5817.112 Nov 20195 Feb 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.