People · Germany
Ralf Baumbach
2×2 · top 41.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024BAUM07
Ralf Baumbach has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.14, set at Dutch Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 41.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,368th in Germany. Across 21 competitions since July 2024, he has put 223 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.08 in July 2024 to 23.51, a 38% improvement. Ralf has entered 21 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 | 5.14 | 7.95 | top 41.1% | 1,368 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 23.51 | 29.90 | top 49.3% | 2,344 / 4,182 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:49.62 | — | early days — 3 solves | 253 / 350 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.25 | 2:40.33 | top 83.2% | 1,614 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 307 / 343 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.30 | — | top 86.4% | 1,173 / 1,328 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.50 at Mainzelcubing 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024. A 38.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Haguen'Open 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Rhein-Sieg Open 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- Visé Sunday Open 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Hessen Mini Open 2025 · 2 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mainzelcubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Imanuel Müller — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexander Botz — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samuel Ballas — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.