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Moritz Karl

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 1.5% of 12,294 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008KARL02

Moritz Karl has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 21 moves, set at BW Open 2013, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Germany. Across 45 competitions since October 2008, he has put 2,708 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.56 in October 2008 to 7.67, a 64% improvement. Moritz has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 1.5% of 12,294 all-time
21 moves
signature single · BW Open 2013
2,708
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves—
top 1.5%10 / 338
3×37.679.06
top 2.2%128 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed12.1314.43
top 3.2%43 / 1,314
2×22.003.39
top 4.7%200 / 2,875
4×436.1441.29
top 7.8%152 / 1,934
Pyraminx4.847.65
top 12.2%313 / 1,987
5×51:12.741:16.75
top 13.6%139 / 1,158
Square-120.3032.96
top 28.6%141 / 533
3×3 blindfolded1:49.552:18.75
top 29.8%91 / 343
Skewb7.4013.58
top 36.7%501 / 1,169
6×62:58.523:23.64
top 40.3%193 / 586
Megaminx2:05.562:18.26
top 48.9%365 / 787
7×74:57.885:39.65
top 50.0%203 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 19:54—
top 51.9%76 / 142
Clock28.4039.15
top 82.4%535 / 634
4×4 blindfolded28:29.00—
early days — 1 solve83 / 85

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

German Nationals 2008: 21.56Aachen Open 2009: 16.59German Open 2009: 14.44World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.36German Nationals 2009: 12.94Aachen Open 2010: 14.02Düsseldorf Open 2010: 11.75German Nationals 2010: 11.43European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 11.50Munich Open 2010: 11.21Altbier 2011: 11.66German Open 2011: 9.93Düsseldorf Open 2011: 8.13Austrian Open 2011: 10.75Munich Open 2011: 9.94German Nationals 2011: 10.08Altbier 2012: 9.91Austrian Open 2012: 11.05Berlin Open 2012: 10.83Munich Open 2012: 9.69European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 10.18German Nationals 2012: 9.53Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 9.75BW Open 2013: 10.08Austrian Open 2013: 9.79Franconia Open 2013: 10.28Munich Open 2013: 9.33German Nationals 2013: 9.28Franconia Winter 2013: 8.71Franconia Open 2014: 10.56Munich Open 2014: 9.84Franconia Open 2015: 9.67Munich Open 2015: 10.43Hessen Open 2016: 9.52European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 9.45German Nationals 2016: 9.82Munich Open 2016: 9.91World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.77Munich Open 2017: 8.11German Nationals 2018: 9.33Munich Open 2018: 8.34Denmark & Friends 2019: 9.75Munich Open 2019: 7.67Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 8.72Munich Open 2025: 8.777.6721.5625 Oct 200820 Sep 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 1.67 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.