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Paul Mirza

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020MIRZ01

Paul Mirza has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since February 2020, he has put 1,190 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.17 in February 2020 to 8.34, a 54% improvement. Paul has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.32
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2026
1,190
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.322.82
top 1.4%66 / 2,875
Clock3.604.50
top 1.7%6 / 634
Pyraminx2.894.29
top 3.3%73 / 1,987
3×38.3410.84
top 3.4%187 / 4,109
Skewb2.935.17
top 4.7%51 / 1,169
3×3 blindfolded55.601:46.08
top 11.6%39 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves42.00
top 14.8%76 / 338
4×442.9653.03
top 15.7%284 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed18.5521.10
top 16.5%223 / 1,314
Megaminx1:28.272:07.30
top 27.1%196 / 787
Square-121.6233.26
top 31.6%157 / 533
5×51:47.452:02.76
top 40.8%424 / 1,158
6×63:41.603:57.20
top 59.3%298 / 586
7×76:12.576:57.42
top 70.6%304 / 510

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

Franconia Winter 2020: 18.17Franconia Mini Open A 2022: 11.48German Nationals 2022: 11.44Franconia Mini Open A 2023: 10.22Rahn Education Leipzig 2023: 9.40German Open 2023: 10.12Aasee Algorithms 2023: 8.34Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 9.87German Nationals 2023: 10.58Franconia Winter 2023: 8.88Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 9.39Cubing in HD 2024: 10.44Kölner Kubing 2024: 10.88Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.31Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 11.89Franconia Christmas B 2024: 10.06Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 12.60Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 11.828.3418.1729 Feb 202028 Aug 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 0.32 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.