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Niclas Mach

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018MACH13

Niclas Mach has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Kölner Kubing 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2018, he has put 1,433 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.61 in July 2018 to 7.47, a 49% improvement. Niclas has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.26
signature single · Kölner Kubing 2023
1,433
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.262.75
top 1.2%58 / 2,875
3×37.479.02
top 1.9%117 / 4,109
Pyraminx2.734.20
top 2.8%57 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed12.0615.79
top 3.1%39 / 1,314
4×431.3437.62
top 3.7%70 / 1,934
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves32.33
top 4.0%29 / 338
5×51:03.371:12.18
top 7.4%81 / 1,158
Skewb3.565.05
top 8.1%102 / 1,169
Megaminx1:01.551:09.11
top 10.8%73 / 787
Square-113.7118.78
top 13.5%60 / 533
Clock7.748.86
top 13.9%83 / 634
6×62:12.672:14.74
top 16.7%71 / 586
3×3 blindfolded1:19.192:05.76
top 19.3%67 / 343
7×73:32.713:48.42
top 20.7%75 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 34:53—
early days — 2 solves66 / 142
4×4 blindfolded17:09.00—
early days — 1 solve71 / 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

Cologne Open 2018: 14.61Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 11.40German Big Cube Open 2018: 13.60Bremium Cubing 2019: 10.00Denmark & Friends 2019: 12.26German Open 2019: 11.77Hessen Open 2019: 11.36German Nationals 2019: 9.58German Big Cube Open 2019: 10.23Bremium Winter 2019: 9.26Hamburg International 2020: 9.00Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 8.24German Mini Open A 2021: 8.34German Mini Open A 2022: 8.40Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 7.47German Open 2023: 8.82Kölner Kubing 2023: 8.25Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 7.82Cuboss Open 2025: 8.337.4714.6114 Jul 201825 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.