People · Austria
Paul Grasser
2×2 · top 7.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016GRAS03
Paul Grasser has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Slovak Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Austria. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.79 in October 2016 to 10.83, a 52% improvement. Paul has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.65 | top 7.5% | 52 / 396 | |
| 3×3 | 10.83 | 12.88 | top 10.0% | 75 / 530 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 10.40 | top 22.9% | 76 / 261 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.85 | 1:06.13 | top 37.4% | 100 / 224 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 105 / 118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:19.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 169 / 184 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.03 at Vienna Fasching 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Fasching 2023.
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.76 at Austrian Open 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Austrian Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Vienna Open 2016. A 22.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slovak Nationals 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NÖ Cube Day 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Fasching 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bratislava Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Austrian Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vienna Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Jakub Drobný — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tomáš Zatroch — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Szabolcs Szántai — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.