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Nils Michel

2×2 · top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025MICH04

Nils Michel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2025, he has put 1,523 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.31 in March 2025 to 7.80, a 77% improvement. Nils has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.42
signature single · Portugal Championship 2026
1,523
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.423.12
top 1.8%29 / 923
3×37.8010.56
top 2.5%31 / 1,218
Skewb2.895.10
top 4.5%28 / 395
3×3 one-handed13.2817.39
top 4.9%28 / 373
Pyraminx3.375.15
top 5.0%43 / 665
4×439.1642.68
top 11.2%50 / 474
Clock9.5411.49
top 22.7%53 / 233
5×51:25.441:37.28
top 23.8%57 / 273
Square-118.4622.50
top 24.5%45 / 162
Megaminx1:34.451:39.29
top 31.1%68 / 211
6×62:41.632:57.31
top 31.7%45 / 146
7×74:37.584:53.90
top 43.8%49 / 123
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves48.33
top 68.7%76 / 101
3×3 blindfolded4:46.95—
early days — 2 solves68 / 93

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

Newchâtel 2025: 33.31Martigny Open 2025: 14.75Swiss Nationals 2025: 17.04Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 17.90Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 12.84La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 14.48Swiss Science Open 2025: 12.53Ticino Open 2025: 12.22Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 12.79Swisscubing Cup I 2026: 8.63Belli in Zona 2026: 11.07Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 11.19Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 9.85Bursins Goes Fast 2026: 7.80Muri Twist Till It Works 2026: 9.00Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026: 9.55Lonay Euro Qualifier 2026: 11.05Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 10.33NxN in Jura 2026: 10.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.60Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026: 9.83RésoLucens 2026: 9.96Soorsi 2026: 9.26Swisscubing Cup IV 2026: 9.64Bündner Open 2026: 9.79Portugal Championship 2026: 9.31Swiss Nationals 2026: 8.247.8033.3129 Mar 202516 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.