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Raphael Riener

Pyraminx · top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017RIEN01

Raphael Riener has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at Salzburg Open 2020, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Austria. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since November 2017, he has put 2,185 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.95 in November 2017 to 9.14, a 46% improvement. Raphael has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.90
signature single · Salzburg Open 2020
2,185
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustria
Pyraminx2.908.85
top 3.3%13 / 261
4×433.1539.81
top 5.1%17 / 224
3×39.1410.49
top 5.2%40 / 530
2×22.884.63
top 12.9%88 / 396
5×51:12.821:22.72
top 13.7%23 / 118
3×3 one-handed17.6426.05
top 14.2%34 / 184
3×3 blindfolded1:16.221:26.71
top 18.2%11 / 36
6×62:21.052:32.83
top 21.1%22 / 64
Megaminx1:25.151:38.58
top 25.0%30 / 93
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 47:38—
top 26.9%9 / 17
Skewb7.0210.77
top 33.8%69 / 161
7×74:08.344:29.66
top 33.8%25 / 53
Clock12.8917.03
top 39.2%36 / 79
Square-125.0732.44
top 39.3%35 / 73
4×4 blindfolded8:51.64—
top 50.4%9 / 12
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves48.00
top 59.0%31 / 53
5×5 blindfolded33:24.00—
early days — 1 solve10 / 10

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

Munich Open 2017: 16.95German Nationals 2018: 13.81Munich Open 2018: 13.96Vorarlberg Open 2019: 12.90Swiss Nationals 2019: 11.93Slovakian Summer 2019: 13.01LYN Cubing Days 2019: 11.47Swiss Science Open 2019: 12.84Monnem City Cubing 2019: 11.89Liechtenstein Open 2019: 19.01Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 12.55Munich Open 2019: 11.78Tårnby Cube Træf 2019: 10.87Tirol Open 2019: 11.93Salzburg Open 2020: 12.06Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 13.08Franconia Winter 2020: 10.84Swisscubing Cup II 2020: 12.00Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 11.33Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021: 10.41Kubkvarna 2022: 12.00Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 10.56Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 10.24Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 12.95Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.18Norwegian Championship 2022: 11.09Trentin Open 2022: 10.61Franconia Winter 2022: 11.23Vienna Fasching 2023: 10.85Edinburgh Spring 2023: 10.43Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 9.66Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.05Bavarian Open 2023: 9.32Hampshire Winter 2024: 10.31Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 10.02Longstone City Blind Open 2024: 10.99Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 11.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.26Bündner Open 2024: 10.80Franconia Spring 2025: 9.81Südtirol Open 2025: 11.42Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 10.65Swiss Nationals 2025: 10.03West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 11.27West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 9.96SacMini 2025: 10.34Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.09Cubing Days Neuburg 2025: 11.09Graz Open 2025: 10.82Vienna Autumn 2025: 9.14Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 10.939.1419.014 Nov 20176 Dec 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.

  • Tobias Peter — met in 272 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Alwin Rölz — met in 242 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Hannah Minas — met in 196 rounds, finished ahead 84 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.