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Rafael Lüthe

3×3 · top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LUTH03

Rafael Lüthe has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.12, set at German Open 2025, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,069th in Germany. Across 2 competitions since December 2024, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.18 in December 2024 to 14.12, a 26% improvement. Rafael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.12
signature single · German Open 2025
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×314.1217.91
top 21.4%1,069 / 4,109
2×24.816.43
top 36.9%1,201 / 2,875
Pyraminx11.5016.19
top 64.0%1,375 / 1,987
5×53:20.31
early days — 2 solves953 / 1,158

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

Aarhus Christmas 2024: 19.18German Open 2025: 14.1214.1219.1814 Dec 202410 May 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.