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Paul Neumann

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017NEUM01

Paul Neumann has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.32, set at Hessen Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,013 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.20 in September 2017 to 7.32, a 72% improvement. Paul has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.32
signature single · Hessen Open 2024
1,013
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.329.67
top 1.7%103 / 4,109
2×21.523.32
top 2.2%105 / 2,875
4×434.6843.02
top 6.4%137 / 1,934
3×3 blindfolded57.56—
top 12.2%40 / 343
3×3 one-handed17.7226.85
top 14.4%185 / 1,314
5×51:15.261:24.35
top 15.5%154 / 1,158
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves46.33
top 17.4%90 / 338
Megaminx1:28.061:36.62
top 26.9%192 / 787
Clock11.4213.01
top 32.2%218 / 634
6×62:43.893:12.94
top 33.0%153 / 586
7×74:47.185:38.42
top 46.9%187 / 510
Square-135.86—
early days — 2 solves319 / 533
Skewb11.8212.97
top 65.1%827 / 1,169
Pyraminx15.5917.65
top 83.8%1,752 / 1,987
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 5 cubes · 23:22—
early days — 1 solve112 / 142

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 Nationals 2017: 26.20German Open 2018: 16.86Hessen Open 2018: 14.41Cologne Open 2018: 16.84German Big Cube Open 2018: 13.55German Open 2019: 12.94Hessen Open 2019: 12.22German Big Cube Open 2019: 10.28Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 10.96German Nationals 2022: 10.70Hessen Mini Open 2023: 8.78German Nationals 2023: 8.75Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 8.95Kölner Kubing 2023: 10.08Hessen Open 2024: 7.32Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.21Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 9.22Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 8.65Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 8.75Aachen Open 2025: 8.72Mainzelcubing 2025: 8.60Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 8.77Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025: 8.48Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 8.67Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.397.3226.201 Sep 201716 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.