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Michael Wittwer

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011WITT02

Michael Wittwer has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.58, set at Munich Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2011, he has put 1,482 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in November 2011 to 7.58, a 45% improvement. Michael has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.58
signature single · Munich Open 2018
1,482
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.588.50
top 2.1%123 / 4,109
4×432.5238.66
top 4.6%93 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed15.7020.49
top 9.6%124 / 1,314
2×22.664.13
top 10.5%392 / 2,875
5×51:10.701:19.19
top 12.1%128 / 1,158
Megaminx1:14.021:23.45
top 18.1%136 / 787
7×74:08.774:39.83
top 34.0%131 / 510
3×3 blindfolded2:14.43—
top 38.0%115 / 343
6×62:54.703:17.33
top 38.4%183 / 586
Pyraminx10.2415.85
top 54.9%1,218 / 1,987
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve239 / 338

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

Munich Open 2011: 13.72Munich Open 2012: 12.16Munich Open 2013: 11.21Munich Open 2014: 9.27Munich Open 2015: 8.84Schwandorf Open 2016: 10.25German Nationals 2016: 9.40Munich Open 2016: 8.87Schwandorf Open 2017: 9.40Munich Open 2017: 9.51Schwandorf Open 2018: 9.63Franconia Open 2018: 9.65German Nationals 2018: 9.68Munich Open 2018: 7.58Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018: 8.13Austrian Open 2019: 7.94Zentralschweiz 2019: 8.36Franconia Spring 2019: 8.76Monnem City Cubing 2019: 8.22Liechtenstein Open 2019: 8.84Franconia Fall 2019: 8.93Munich Open 2019: 8.96Xlingen Open 2019: 8.65Baden-Württemberg Open 2019: 9.61Franconia X 2019: 8.39Salzburg Open 2020: 8.51Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 7.90Swisscubing Cup II 2020: 9.53Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 8.25Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 9.05Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 8.51Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 8.60Franconia Mini Open A 2022: 8.15Warm Up Stockholm 2022: 8.66Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.92Kölner Kubing 2023: 8.16Aachen Open 2025: 7.86Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 8.057.5813.7226 Nov 201130 Aug 2025

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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.