People · Germany
Matthias Brandes
2×2 · top 46.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020BRAN04
Matthias Brandes has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.63, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 46.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,522nd in Germany. Across 7 competitions since February 2020, he has put 58 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.27 in February 2020 to 24.26, a 31% improvement. Matthias has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.63 | 10.70 | top 46.8% | 1,522 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 24.26 | 30.79 | top 51.0% | 2,382 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.04 | 2:15.40 | top 68.0% | 1,294 / 1,934 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.89 | 25.56 | top 81.4% | 1,706 / 1,987 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.26 at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 29 Feb 2020First competition: Hamburg International 2020. A 35.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- German Mini Open A 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Hamburg International 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
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.
- Heike Zbierski — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Konstantin Jaehne — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yannick Hailer — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.