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Nicos Ahlgrimm

4×4 · top 1.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017AHLG01

Nicos Ahlgrimm has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.06, set at GamMa Spring 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Germany. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,269 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.96 in June 2017 to 7.17, a 60% improvement. Nicos has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.4% of 83,917 all-time
27.06
signature single · GamMa Spring 2022
1,269
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
4×427.0629.96
top 1.4%28 / 1,934
3×37.178.74
top 1.5%89 / 4,109
5×552.8159.77
top 2.6%27 / 1,158
Pyraminx2.975.24
top 3.5%81 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed12.6416.21
top 3.9%55 / 1,314
2×22.043.27
top 5.0%209 / 2,875
6×61:51.031:58.45
top 7.5%30 / 586
3×3 blindfolded46.59—
top 8.8%29 / 343
Megaminx1:11.661:19.30
top 16.7%122 / 787
Skewb4.827.52
top 16.8%231 / 1,169
7×73:41.933:57.59
top 24.2%90 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%169 / 338
Clock28.49—
early days — 2 solves537 / 634
Square-11:23.08—
early days — 2 solves499 / 533

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

Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017: 17.96Munich Open 2017: 14.28German Open 2018: 12.52Schwandorf Open 2018: 11.02Munich Open 2018: 11.71German Open 2019: 11.59German Nationals 2019: 9.47Munich Open 2019: 9.21Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 9.00Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 9.01Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 8.54GamMa Spring 2022: 8.50German Nationals 2022: 7.67Rahn Education Leipzig 2023: 9.06German Nationals 2023: 9.07Rahn Education Open 2024: 8.30Teublitz Open 2024: 7.56Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 7.89Back to Berlin 2024: 8.21Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.77Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.82Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 7.177.1717.9610 Jun 201728 Aug 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.