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Matthias Hettwer

3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HETT02

Matthias Hettwer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.90, set at Rahn Education Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Germany. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2022, he has put 1,361 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.91 in June 2022 to 6.90, a 50% improvement. Matthias has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time
6.90
signature single · Rahn Education Open 2026
1,361
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×36.908.67
top 1.2%68 / 4,182
2×21.683.19
top 3.0%136 / 2,931
3×3 one-handed12.3314.59
top 3.5%46 / 1,328
4×431.0235.93
top 3.5%69 / 1,966
Pyraminx3.487.17
top 5.4%126 / 2,020
5×51:03.141:14.89
top 7.4%79 / 1,175
Skewb4.899.06
top 17.4%239 / 1,192
Clock10.3412.91
top 26.6%189 / 647
6×62:32.062:41.39
top 26.8%124 / 595
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.00
top 30.1%117 / 343
7×74:06.554:20.16
top 33.3%131 / 521
Megaminx1:39.911:52.04
top 34.7%262 / 798

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

Franconia Mini Open A 2022: 13.91Elektryk Cube Race 2022: 9.42Franconia Mini Open A 2023: 10.34Prague Open 2023: 10.70German Nationals 2023: 10.18NxNxNürtingen 2023: 9.66c't Open Hannover 2023: 8.40Rahn Education Open 2024: 8.58Kölner Kubing 2024: 8.32Prague Summer Opener 2024: 8.93Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 7.40Back to Berlin 2024: 7.93Czech Championship 2024: 9.54Let's Solve Liberec 2025: 8.06Rahn Education Open 2025: 8.29Berlin Summer Open 2025: 8.66Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.47Cottbus Cubing 2025: 7.72Rahn Education Open 2026: 6.90Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.57Cubing in Hrádek 2026: 7.056.9013.9111 Jun 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.