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Patrick Kern

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011KERN02

Patrick Kern has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Bremium Winter 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2011, he has put 2,133 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.27 in April 2011 to 9.45, a 34% improvement. Patrick has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.00
signature single · Bremium Winter 2019
2,133
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.003.93
top 4.7%200 / 2,875
3×39.4511.85
top 6.0%299 / 4,109
4×439.0746.12
top 11.0%209 / 1,934
Pyraminx5.108.47
top 13.8%357 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed17.8222.42
top 14.6%190 / 1,314
5×51:19.631:26.25
top 18.8%198 / 1,158
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%94 / 338
Megaminx1:19.521:29.98
top 21.4%154 / 787
3×3 blindfolded1:29.192:06.31
top 22.8%76 / 343
6×62:36.652:49.53
top 29.0%135 / 586
Skewb6.4811.93
top 29.6%403 / 1,169
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 57:06—
top 34.7%52 / 142
7×74:27.464:35.81
top 40.3%159 / 510
Square-131.0545.77
top 51.3%266 / 533
Clock21.9826.32
top 70.1%454 / 634
4×4 blindfolded13:47.00—
top 73.6%64 / 85
5×5 blindfolded37:08.00—
early days — 2 solves42 / 47

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

Hamburg Open 2011: 14.27Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 14.53V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 14.44German Nationals 2011: 14.58German Open 2012: 14.91Schleswig-Holstein Open 2012: 14.45Munich Open 2012: 13.22Magic Cube Days 2012: 10.59German Open 2013: 14.09Schleswig-Holstein Open 2013: 12.90Berlin Cube Day 2013: 12.77Hamburg Open 2014: 14.04Danish Open Championship 2014: 12.31Berlin Open 2014: 13.68German Nationals 2014: 13.69Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 12.52Hessen Open 2015: 9.77German Open 2015: 12.44German Open 2016: 10.00Hamburg Open 2017: 12.40German Open 2018: 12.96Bremium Cubing 2019: 12.27Hamburg International 2019: 11.96Bremium Winter 2019: 12.76Hamburg International 2020: 9.71GamMa Spring 2022: 10.94V-Cube Spiel B 2022: 11.63Bremium Cubing 2023: 11.08Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 10.98Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 10.39Bremium Cubing 2026: 11.41Sydals Open 2026: 9.459.4514.9130 Apr 201130 May 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.