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Rainer Fürstenfeld

3×3 · top 23.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022FURS03

Rainer Fürstenfeld has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.84, set at Braunschweig Open 2026, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,175th in Germany. Across 32 competitions since August 2022, he has put 701 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.58 in August 2022 to 14.84, a 28% improvement. Rainer has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.84
signature single · Braunschweig Open 2026
701
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×314.8420.90
top 23.9%1,175 / 4,109
2×24.107.87
top 27.8%933 / 2,875
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 30:14—
top 29.7%48 / 142
3×3 blindfolded2:10.452:40.22
top 36.8%110 / 343
Skewb7.5411.22
top 37.8%510 / 1,169
4×41:03.571:12.79
top 40.2%764 / 1,934
Clock13.9317.70
top 43.6%291 / 634
Square-128.3142.53
top 46.3%229 / 533
5×52:06.072:38.95
top 53.1%569 / 1,158
4×4 blindfolded10:26.00—
top 59.8%50 / 85
3×3 one-handed39.0349.79
top 63.9%852 / 1,314
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves49.00
early days — 3 solves230 / 338
Pyraminx12.0315.57
top 67.4%1,451 / 1,987
Megaminx2:49.173:23.66
top 69.9%519 / 787
6×64:27.244:46.60
top 73.8%386 / 586
7×77:12.237:45.58
top 82.1%371 / 510
5×5 blindfolded39:34.00—
early days — 1 solve43 / 47

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

German Nationals 2022: 20.58V-Cube Spiel B 2022: 18.34Bremium Cubing 2023: 22.42Aasee Algorithms 2023: 16.97V-Cube Spiel A 2023: 20.39c't Open Hannover 2023: 22.84German Newcomer Day 2024: 15.42Rahn Education Open 2024: 17.15German Open 2024: 20.08c't Open Hannover 2024: 19.28Bremium Cubing 2024: 17.94Dutch Nationals 2024: 15.66German Newcomer Day 2025: 19.84Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 21.21Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 17.18Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 19.30Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 19.87Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025: 19.69c't Open Hannover 2025: 16.64Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 17.97Braunschweig Open 2026: 14.84Bremium Cubing 2026: 19.16German Open 2026: 19.10CuBonn Open 2026: 17.24Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026: 16.6714.8422.8419 Aug 202222 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.