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Nils Bühler

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BUHL02

Nils Bühler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Dreiländereck-Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2023, he has put 1,015 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.43 in November 2023 to 12.11, a 65% improvement. Nils has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.14
signature single · Dreiländereck-Open 2025
1,015
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×22.144.09
top 5.7%88 / 913
Pyraminx3.867.04
top 7.0%63 / 655
Skewb3.536.72
top 7.9%38 / 388
Clock6.697.91
top 9.8%23 / 226
3×312.1114.96
top 14.3%176 / 1,197
Megaminx1:24.121:38.23
top 24.4%53 / 207
4×455.131:02.93
top 30.9%130 / 462
Square-122.7030.04
top 34.0%60 / 159
3×3 one-handed25.0240.86
top 34.3%116 / 367
5×51:43.551:50.07
top 38.0%89 / 266
6×63:31.263:45.91
top 55.1%69 / 141
7×75:51.81—
top 65.6%70 / 118
3×3 blindfolded4:36.64—
early days — 2 solves61 / 87
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
top 79.2%77 / 97

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

Swiss Science Open 2023: 34.43Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 27.9210 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 26.73Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 23.97Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 21.85Swiss Nationals 2024: 19.75Swiss Science Open 2024: 16.95Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 18.73Swisscubing Cup II 2025: 15.77Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 19.92Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 16.45Swisscubing Cup III 2025: 14.42Swiss Nationals 2025: 17.33Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 15.40Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 14.60Bündner Open 2025: 16.32Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 15.05Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 16.67Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 13.19Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 14.79Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 14.74Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 12.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 12.1112.1134.4311 Nov 202316 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.