People · Germany
Niklas Thies
2×2 · top 8.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019THIE06
Niklas Thies has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at German Open 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 345th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2019, he has put 536 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in November 2019 to 12.25, a 41% improvement. Niklas 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.10 | top 8.9% | 345 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 12.25 | 14.60 | top 14.8% | 747 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 44.48 | 52.95 | top 17.7% | 337 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.84 | 10.47 | top 18.8% | 491 / 2,020 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.45 | 1:57.11 | top 39.1% | 299 / 798 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.96 | 1:59.35 | top 39.2% | 410 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.06 | 34.74 | top 44.6% | 588 / 1,328 | |
| Clock | 14.64 | 22.00 | top 46.5% | 308 / 647 | |
| Square-1 | 29.81 | 40.73 | top 49.1% | 256 / 541 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:32.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 196 / 350 | |
| 6×6 | 4:01.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 341 / 595 |
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
- 26 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2024.
- 4 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at German Open 2023.
- 1 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.18 at German Mini Open B 2022.
- 1 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at German Mini Open B 2022.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Braunschweig Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Germany 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2022 · 1 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bremium Winter 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
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.
- Patrick Bessel — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Noah Kraft — met in 102 rounds, never finished ahead
- Finn Comerford — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.