People · France
Rafael Clauss
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023CLAU01
Rafael Clauss has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at South Germany 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in February 2023 to 8.29, a 46% improvement. Rafael 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 | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.29 | 9.94 | top 3.3% | 200 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.12 | top 7.8% | 302 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 36.92 | 45.91 | top 8.6% | 161 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.40 | 1:21.29 | top 14.1% | 122 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.61 | 23.85 | top 16.7% | 277 / 1,490 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 7.18 | top 18.0% | 446 / 2,148 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.88 | 3:07.53 | top 27.1% | 99 / 437 | |
| 7×7 | 4:14.50 | 4:33.39 | top 35.9% | 109 / 372 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:12.69 | — | early days — 3 solves | 256 / 434 | |
| Skewb | 10.68 | 11.04 | top 59.1% | 785 / 1,291 | |
| Clock | 26.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 564 / 714 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at South Germany 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Dreiländereck-Open 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Strossburi Open 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.59 at Open the Door Moselle 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at French Championship 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.65 at NxNxNürtingen 2023.
Competitions
- Haguen'Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Strossburi Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Open the Door Moselle 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- NxNxNürtingen 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 11 personal bests set
- Bretzel Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
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.
- Valentin Hoffmann — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Laura Holzhauer — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sebastian Kling — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.