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Philipp Jansen

4×4 · top 9.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021JANS01

Philipp Jansen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 37.56, set at c't Open Hannover 2024, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Germany. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2021, he has put 1,060 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.85 in October 2021 to 10.78, a 22% improvement. Philipp has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 9.3% of 83,917 all-time
37.56
signature single · c't Open Hannover 2024
1,060
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
4×437.5645.32
top 9.3%173 / 1,934
3×310.7812.36
top 9.8%505 / 4,109
Skewb3.996.84
top 10.8%143 / 1,169
2×22.764.42
top 11.6%420 / 2,875
Pyraminx4.817.48
top 12.0%307 / 1,987
5×51:22.121:23.96
top 20.8%216 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed21.1529.10
top 23.6%312 / 1,314
Clock9.8511.37
top 24.4%162 / 634
Square-127.2634.24
top 44.0%214 / 533
6×63:16.453:27.10
top 48.7%242 / 586
3×3 blindfolded3:06.28—
top 54.3%164 / 343
Megaminx2:22.81—
early days — 3 solves424 / 787
7×75:34.715:51.16
top 61.0%263 / 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

Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 13.85German Mini Open A 2021: 18.36Dutch Spring 2022: 14.03German Mini Open A 2022: 12.70GamMa Spring 2022: 12.28Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 11.39German Nationals 2022: 11.88Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 12.23Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 11.94German Open 2023: 11.10Aasee Algorithms 2023: 11.34German Nationals 2023: 12.38c't Open Hannover 2023: 11.76Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023: 11.73Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 12.00German Newcomer Day 2024: 11.37German Open 2024: 11.48c't Open Hannover 2024: 12.63Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.39Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.78Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 11.6610.7818.3617 Oct 202128 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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.56 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.