People · United States
Niko Hempel
2×2 · top 26.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023HEMP01
Niko Hempel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.02, set at Arkansas Championship 2026, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,566th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.10 in February 2023 to 20.14, a 16% improvement. Niko has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 7.02 | top 26.7% | 10,566 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 15.26 | top 33.7% | 5,671 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 20.14 | 21.78 | top 40.3% | 22,926 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 16.00 | 18.71 | top 51.9% | 4,250 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.63 | 52.62 | top 64.8% | 9,200 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 19,617 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.69 | — | top 72.3% | 13,052 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:18.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,698 / 9,401 |
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
- 20 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2026.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2025.
- 4 Feb 2023First competition: Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023. A 24.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arkansas Championship 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
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.
- Titus Sutterfield — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Shubentsov — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael S. Lander — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.