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Reiner Thomsen

2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2005 · 2005THOM01

Reiner Thomsen has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 226th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2005, he has put 576 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.57 in April 2005 to 17.09, a 53% improvement. Reiner has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.11
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009
576
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.116.69
top 5.5%226 / 2,875
Pyraminx5.1811.56
top 14.3%372 / 1,987
3×317.0920.12
top 31.3%1,533 / 4,109
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%147 / 338
4×41:15.091:21.24
top 51.7%985 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed37.8345.62
top 62.1%820 / 1,314
5×52:26.562:51.22
top 64.2%695 / 1,158
6×64:57.225:40.80
top 81.1%443 / 586
7×77:24.56—
top 83.8%381 / 510
3×3 blindfolded13:16.00—
top 99.6%340 / 343

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 Open 2005: 36.57German Championship 2005: 35.50Dutch Open 2005: 39.62German Open 2006: 32.12European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 29.41German Championship 2006: 27.76German Open 2007: 23.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 22.30German Championship 2007: 23.01German Open 2008: 21.96German Nationals 2008: 23.11Aachen Open 2009: 24.46German Open 2009: 23.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 23.19Essen Open 2009: 22.44German Nationals 2009: 20.61Aachen Open 2010: 21.22Düsseldorf Open 2010: 17.09German Nationals 2010: 18.91Aachen Open 2011: 20.59Altbier 2012: 22.83Velbert Open 2013: 21.38German Nationals 2013: 19.27Hamburg Open 2014: 20.52German Nationals 2015: 18.59German Nationals 2017: 17.2717.0939.6223 Apr 20051 Sep 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.