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Pablo Giesen

2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021GIES01

Pablo Giesen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Vienna Open 2022, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2021, he has put 136 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Pablo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.36
signature single · Vienna Open 2022
136
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.364.36
top 7.6%306 / 2,875
3×313.9316.83
top 20.7%1,026 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed24.5130.26
top 32.9%436 / 1,314
Square-126.7934.26
top 43.0%204 / 533
4×41:06.501:15.23
top 43.4%817 / 1,934
3×3 blindfolded3:38.93
early days — 3 solves196 / 343
5×52:35.51
top 68.4%741 / 1,158

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

German Mini Open B 2021: 14.72German Mini Open B 2022: 14.35Vienna Open 2022: 13.93German Open 2023: 14.95c't Open Hannover 2023: 14.2913.9314.957 Nov 202114 Oct 2023

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 0.36 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.