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Mathis Engelbrecht

Square-1 · top 4.9% of 25,662 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ENGE02

Mathis Engelbrecht has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Germany. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,213 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.25 in May 2022 to 9.53, a 59% improvement. Mathis has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 4.9% of 25,662 all-time
9.29
signature single · Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026
1,213
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Square-19.2912.80
top 4.9%24 / 541
Pyraminx3.675.40
top 6.2%147 / 2,020
3×39.5311.20
top 6.2%326 / 4,182
Skewb3.445.35
top 7.4%95 / 1,192
2×22.343.56
top 7.4%303 / 2,931
Clock6.297.77
top 8.2%47 / 647
4×443.3846.56
top 16.3%306 / 1,966
Megaminx1:13.841:31.35
top 18.0%137 / 798
3×3 one-handed21.3925.80
top 24.3%328 / 1,328
5×51:29.331:33.71
top 26.8%290 / 1,175
7×74:19.174:34.45
top 37.5%149 / 521
6×62:55.013:12.56
top 38.6%188 / 595
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves48.33
early days — 3 solves222 / 343

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

Glasgow Open 2022: 23.25Cheltenham Summer 2022: 21.81Carlisle Summer 2022: 17.35Glasgow Winter 2023: 14.00Edinburgh Spring 2023: 15.42Glasgow Spring 2023: 11.70North Highlands Summer 2023: 12.46Glasgow Autumn 2023: 12.06Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 11.60Edinburgh Winter 2024: 10.47Glasgow Spring 2024: 10.34Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 9.89Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 11.86Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 9.53Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 10.99Falkirk Autumn 2026: 11.129.5323.2528 May 202217 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-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.