People · Austria
Raphael Pieber
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022PIEB01
Raphael Pieber has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Austria. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2022, he has put 495 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% 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 13.96 in June 2022 to 9.30, a 33% improvement. Raphael has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 2.94 | top 2.9% | 19 / 402 | |
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 11.26 | top 5.6% | 46 / 541 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 8.77 | top 11.5% | 45 / 263 | |
| 4×4 | 43.79 | 47.59 | top 16.8% | 44 / 227 | |
| Skewb | 5.20 | 6.28 | top 19.8% | 44 / 163 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.21 | 1:29.27 | top 20.2% | 32 / 121 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.57 | 33.53 | top 33.1% | 69 / 189 | |
| Clock | 12.34 | 13.91 | top 36.6% | 34 / 79 | |
| Square-1 | 30.27 | 36.84 | top 49.9% | 45 / 74 |
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
- 29 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Slovenian Nationals 2025.
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Slovak Nationals 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Maribor Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Graz Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Fasching 2024.
- 25 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Slovenian Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Graz Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Slovenian Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Vienna Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Slovak Nationals 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Maribor Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Graz Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vienna Fasching 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2023 · 25 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiener Frühling 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lužice Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Mini Open A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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.
- Szabolcs Szántai — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
- Marcel Niedl — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bence Kiácz — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.