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Louis Pamukcu

2×2 · top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PAMU01

Louis Pamukcu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.15, set at Vienna Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Belgium. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,078 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in September 2022 to 7.96, a 68% improvement. Louis has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.15
signature single · Vienna Autumn 2024
1,078
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×21.153.07
top 0.9%8 / 777
3×37.9611.03
top 2.7%36 / 1,094
Pyraminx4.266.40
top 9.0%72 / 589
4×443.3648.82
top 16.2%68 / 459
Skewb4.986.78
top 17.9%82 / 394
Megaminx1:18.021:29.02
top 20.5%32 / 197
3×3 one-handed21.6427.87
top 25.0%66 / 314
Clock10.5514.74
top 27.8%42 / 180
5×51:58.622:16.85
top 48.4%102 / 246
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 2 solves58 / 69
Square-11:18.15—
early days — 2 solves144 / 150

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

Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 25.08Belgian Nationals 2022: 19.09Gijzegem Open 2022: 16.00Vienna Fasching 2023: 13.79Brugge Open 2023: 13.16Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 14.08Dutch Open 2023: 13.24Visé Sunday Open 2023: 9.94Belgian Nationals 2023: 12.42Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 11.84Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 13.17Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 12.95Leuven Open 2024: 12.71Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 12.04Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.76Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 11.41Visé Open Saturday 2024: 10.58Vienna Autumn 2024: 10.66Belgian Nationals 2024: 7.96Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 11.35Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 9.40Leuven Open 2025: 10.13Visé Sunday Open 2025: 10.14Ranst Autumn 2025: 8.70Belgian Nationals 2025: 10.747.9625.0824 Sep 202222 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.