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Philipp Roth

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012ROTH01

Philipp Roth has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Elsass Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2012, he has put 1,286 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.33 in July 2012 to 7.70, a 38% improvement. Philipp has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.70
signature single · Elsass Open 2019
1,286
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.709.65
top 2.3%130 / 4,109
4×431.6935.85
top 3.9%73 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed13.2617.54
top 4.8%71 / 1,314
5×51:01.821:14.53
top 6.5%65 / 1,158
2×22.433.33
top 8.2%323 / 2,875
Square-118.8222.44
top 25.3%125 / 533
Megaminx1:25.522:01.03
top 25.3%179 / 787
Skewb6.139.87
top 26.7%368 / 1,169
6×62:37.812:54.05
top 29.6%137 / 586
7×73:59.724:12.30
top 30.6%120 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves41.67
top 33.6%127 / 338
Pyraminx7.7013.90
top 33.7%781 / 1,987
3×3 blindfolded4:09.25—
early days — 1 solve218 / 343

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

Saarland Open 2012: 12.33Hessen Open 2014: 10.56German Open 2015: 10.75German Nationals 2015: 9.00Franconia Winter 2015: 9.28German Open 2016: 8.90Hessen Open 2016: 8.94Strasbourg Open 2016: 9.22European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.89German Nationals 2016: 8.64Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 9.78German Open 2017: 8.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.14Monnem City Cubing 2017: 9.06Munich Open 2017: 9.30Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 8.63Elsass Open 2018: 7.73Hessen Open 2018: 8.50German Open 2019: 9.37Elsass Open 2019: 7.70Franconia Fall 2019: 8.87Munich Open 2019: 9.16Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 7.81French Championship 2024: 8.647.7012.337 Jul 201230 Mar 2024

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 1.70 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.