People · Germany
Pascal Bretschneider
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024BRET05
Pascal Bretschneider has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2024, he has put 144 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in October 2024 to 8.64, a 26% improvement. Pascal 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 | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 10.52 | top 4.0% | 214 / 4,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 7.12 | top 7.9% | 188 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.94 | 19.29 | top 14.9% | 194 / 1,314 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 5.49 | top 21.2% | 716 / 2,875 | |
| 4×4 | 47.85 | 52.58 | top 21.9% | 408 / 1,934 | |
| Skewb | 7.64 | 11.82 | top 38.6% | 521 / 1,169 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Advent Open 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024First competition: Rubik's German Nationals 2024. A 14.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luis Kleinheinz — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Alwin Rölz — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jakub Osvald — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.