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Markus Pirzer

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 5.1% of 12,418 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006PIRZ01

Markus Pirzer has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 25 moves, set at FMC Europe 2017, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Germany. Across 129 competitions since April 2006, he has put 2,558 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.82 in April 2006 to 18.28, a 67% improvement. Markus has entered 129 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 5.1% of 12,418 all-time
25 moves
signature single · FMC Europe 2017
2,558
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves29.67
top 5.1%36 / 343
2×24.187.10
top 28.9%976 / 2,931
3×318.2821.73
top 35.0%1,748 / 4,182
4×41:14.491:29.21
top 51.1%992 / 1,966
Skewb9.5219.39
top 52.0%689 / 1,192
Clock16.1219.07
top 52.3%342 / 647
5×52:40.633:02.21
top 70.8%775 / 1,175
3×3 one-handed55.091:17.37
top 80.8%1,112 / 1,328
6×65:13.465:34.09
top 84.0%477 / 595
Square-11:01.771:29.79
top 84.7%446 / 541
7×78:33.479:26.21
top 91.8%441 / 521
Megaminx4:17.755:38.86
top 92.6%727 / 798
Pyraminx20.1628.25
top 93.1%1,940 / 2,020
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 16:04—
early days — 2 solves134 / 144
3×3 blindfolded8:01.57—
top 95.2%328 / 350

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 2006: 54.82European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 56.30German Championship 2006: 41.69German Open 2007: 37.83World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 37.19German Championship 2007: 43.93German Open 2008: 37.78European Championship 2008: 33.90German Nationals 2008: 23.90German Open 2009: 31.09Czech Open 2009: 32.44World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 25.77Essen Open 2009: 29.63German Nationals 2009: 31.41Aachen Open 2010: 29.30Czech Open 2010: 25.58East German Open 2010: 28.40German Nationals 2010: 24.47European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 26.06Munich Open 2010: 23.90Aachen Open 2011: 24.56German Open 2011: 18.81Czech Open 2011: 23.50V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 24.53Munich Open 2011: 25.78German Nationals 2011: 24.53Hessen Open 2012: 27.22German Open 2012: 23.80BW Open 2012: 24.43Czech Open 2012: 20.43Munich Open 2012: 23.47European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 26.68German Nationals 2012: 27.69Aarhus Open 2012: 23.47Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 21.22Magic Cube Days 2012: 20.58German Open 2013: 27.72Erfurt Open 2013: 24.53Franconia Open 2013: 24.66V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 35.98Munich Open 2013: 21.15German Nationals 2013: 25.94Franconia Winter 2013: 26.06Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 23.29German Open 2014: 22.33Franconia Open 2014: 23.45Czech Open 2014: 24.49Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 27.72German Nationals 2014: 27.08Sébra Open 2014: 24.11SwissScience Open 2014: 22.15Munich Open 2014: 25.34Hessen Open 2015: 25.62German Open 2015: 26.21Erfurt Open 2015: 25.80Velbert Open 2015: 24.61Franconia Open 2015: 23.55Czech Open 2015: 23.31German Nationals 2015: 24.25Franconia Winter 2015: 27.53Sébra Open 2015: 27.88Cubelonia 2016: 18.28German Open 2016: 24.33Hessen Open 2016: 22.12Schwandorf Open 2016: 24.31European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 24.20Czech Open 2016: 24.31German Nationals 2016: 23.68Sébra Open 2016: 26.09Munich Open 2016: 20.83PSKubing 2016: 21.61Cubelonia 2017: 20.78Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 21.02Schwandorf Open 2017: 22.67German Open 2017: 19.22Hessen Open 2017: 25.00World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 23.46German Nationals 2017: 22.02Munich Open 2017: 24.09Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017: 21.66German Open 2018: 26.78Schwandorf Open 2018: 19.43WCA European Championship 2018: 22.31Franconia Open 2018: 24.02German Nationals 2018: 22.39Munich Open 2018: 24.58Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 21.75German Open 2019: 25.28Hessen Open 2019: 21.68German Nationals 2019: 24.83Tirol Open 2019: 23.43Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 21.88Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 26.02German Mini Open B 2022: 27.70Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 23.73Swiss Science Open 2022: 27.67German Open 2023: 26.50Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 25.78German Nationals 2023: 23.78Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 24.88German Open 2024: 24.89Teublitz Open 2024: 23.62Czech Open 2024: 26.61Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 26.79Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 26.21German Open 2025: 26.80Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 24.57German Open 2026: 22.42Rahn Education Open 2026: 24.92Czech Open 2026: 21.90Teublitz Open 2026: 24.2218.2856.3021 Apr 200617 Oct 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-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.