People · Germany
Michael Nägel
Megaminx · top 2.3% of 35,351 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024NAGE02
Michael Nägel has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 42.55, set at Erlangen Open IV 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Germany. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2024, he has put 346 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.14 in December 2024 to 10.97, a 17% improvement. Michael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 42.55 | 48.07 | top 2.3% | 15 / 798 | |
| 3×3 | 10.97 | 12.02 | top 10.4% | 541 / 4,182 | |
| Clock | 7.87 | 9.18 | top 14.5% | 87 / 647 | |
| 4×4 | 48.70 | 1:00.64 | top 23.1% | 441 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.76 | 7.87 | top 25.9% | 653 / 2,020 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.64 | 27.44 | top 36.0% | 476 / 1,328 |
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
- 18 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Franconia XX 2025.
- 20 Dec 2024First competition: Franconia Christmas A 2024. A 15.96 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at Franconia Christmas A 2024.
Competitions
- Erlangen Open IV 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Super Side Summer Fürth 2026 · 31 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Cube Days 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulmgedreht 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Erlangen Open III 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Franconia Winter 2026 · 23 Jan 2026
- Rhön Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Erlangen Open II 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia XX 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Christmas A 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Luis Neugebauer — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Michael Stocker — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.