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Manuel Guse

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009GUSE01

Manuel Guse has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at German Nationals 2011, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since April 2009, he has put 1,137 official solves on the record across 14 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 57.75 in April 2009 to 11.02, an 81% improvement. Manuel has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.02
signature single · German Nationals 2011
1,137
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 standingGermany
2×22.023.53
top 4.9%207 / 2,875
Pyraminx3.386.89
top 5.0%111 / 1,987
3×311.0212.86
top 10.5%538 / 4,109
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%76 / 338
4×446.6155.71
top 20.3%376 / 1,934
Megaminx1:21.701:36.43
top 22.9%159 / 787
3×3 one-handed22.1524.96
top 26.5%347 / 1,314
5×51:30.111:41.80
top 27.4%289 / 1,158
3×3 blindfolded2:27.16—
top 42.3%136 / 343
Square-136.5952.04
top 60.7%327 / 533
6×65:06.905:11.01
top 82.8%460 / 586
7×77:20.057:48.53
top 83.1%377 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 12:52—
early days — 2 solves126 / 142
Clock43.52—
top 94.9%611 / 634

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

German Open 2009: 57.75World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 33.65Essen Open 2009: 30.53German Nationals 2009: 27.80Aachen Open 2010: 27.91German Open 2010: 19.52Lemgo Open 2010: 16.05German Nationals 2010: 19.33Aachen Open 2011: 13.58Altbier 2011: 12.97German Open 2011: 12.77V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 14.50German Nationals 2011: 13.22German Open 2012: 13.56German Nationals 2012: 11.02German Open 2013: 12.13German Nationals 2013: 13.80German Open 2014: 12.15German Nationals 2014: 12.47German Open 2015: 12.90German Open 2016: 14.43German Open 2019: 13.50German Nationals 2023: 11.35V-Cube Spiel A 2023: 13.44German Open 2025: 11.49German Open 2026: 11.3511.0257.7525 Apr 200918 Apr 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.