People · Germany
Rafael Fellmann
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018FELL02
Rafael Fellmann has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,276 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.08 in June 2018 to 10.25, a 36% improvement. Rafael has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 4.00 | top 1.5% | 73 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.42 | 5.98 | top 2.0% | 40 / 1,987 | |
| Skewb | 2.60 | 4.26 | top 3.3% | 31 / 1,169 | |
| Square-1 | 8.55 | 9.68 | top 3.8% | 16 / 533 | |
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 12.14 | top 8.2% | 419 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 37.85 | 42.87 | top 9.6% | 179 / 1,934 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.12 | 1:35.38 | top 17.5% | 129 / 787 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.46 | 27.48 | top 21.7% | 291 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.90 | 1:36.71 | top 23.2% | 239 / 1,158 | |
| 7×7 | 5:26.69 | 6:40.63 | top 58.7% | 251 / 510 | |
| 6×6 | 3:53.80 | 4:16.56 | top 63.3% | 323 / 586 |
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
- 4 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Teublitz Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Open 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at Franconia Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Cottbus Cubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anti-NxN in Stuttgart 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Teublitz Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Open 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Baden-Württemberg Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Franconia Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Franconia Open 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Schwandorf Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Noah Kraft — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Konstantin Jaehne — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.