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Reto Bubendorf

3×3 · top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012BUBE01

Reto Bubendorf has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.58, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2018, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Switzerland. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 173 competitions since May 2012, he has put 11,224 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.31 in May 2012 to 5.58, a 64% improvement. Reto has entered 173 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time
5.58
signature single · Swisscubing Cup II 2018
11,224
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×35.588.44
top 0.28%9 / 1,197
2×21.022.01
top 0.59%15 / 913
Pyraminx1.763.27
top 0.76%9 / 655
3×3 one-handed9.8214.44
top 0.93%7 / 367
Skewb1.994.14
top 1.4%12 / 388
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves23.00
top 1.5%3 / 97
Square-17.1913.58
top 2.0%8 / 159
4×428.9733.41
top 2.2%14 / 462
5×555.741:09.38
top 3.6%16 / 266
Megaminx50.4455.25
top 5.3%17 / 207
3×3 blindfolded47.991:19.46
top 9.3%18 / 87
6×62:05.382:12.99
top 13.4%17 / 141
Clock7.749.19
top 13.9%28 / 226
7×73:31.413:42.97
top 20.3%23 / 118
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 36:52—
top 21.7%23 / 41
4×4 blindfolded9:44.81—
top 56.2%0 / 23
5×5 blindfolded33:14.00—
early days — 1 solve0 / 16

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

Serbian Open 2012: 15.31French Open 2013: 15.48V-CUBE Athens Open 2013: 12.34Minx Open 2014: 11.34Cannes Open 2014: 12.56Swiss Open 2014: 12.17Bugella Open 2014: 11.86SwissScience Open 2014: 9.83Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 10.46Munich Open 2014: 11.34PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 10.91Swiss Nationals 2015: 10.81France 2015: 10.03Palaghiaccio Open 2015: 10.13PoliMi Open 2015: 9.20Lyon Megaminx Open 2015: 10.74World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.30Greece Open 2015: 9.08Milan Cube Days 2015: 10.35SwissScience Open 2015: 9.65Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 9.47Nancy Open 2015: 9.34Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 11.11Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 10.50SCC Open 2015: 8.96Italian Open 2015: 9.40Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 9.73Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 9.86B.O.N.D. Open 2016: 10.10Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 9.75Milan Slam Open 2016: 9.06OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016: 9.96French Championship 2016: 9.19Big CubingItaly 2016: 8.26Zurich Open 2016: 8.03Belfort Open 2016: 9.42European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 7.79Tübingen Open 2016: 9.33Swiss Nationals 2016: 10.07Italian Championship 2016: 9.46Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 8.37Annecy Open 2016: 9.66Montbéliard Open 2016: 8.90Munich Open 2016: 8.30Cité des Jeux 2016: 9.47Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 7.83Opal Open 2016: 9.81Cubelonia 2017: 8.09Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 9.06Chelles Open 2017: 8.85Altasierra 2017: 7.32Only Cube Open 2017: 8.37Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 9.23Milan Cube Day 2017: 8.39French Championship 2017: 8.22German Open 2017: 8.81Swisscubing Cup III 2017: 8.74Ticino Open 2017: 8.49Mantua Summer 2017: 6.55World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.37Swiss Open 2017: 8.06Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 7.84German Nationals 2017: 5.89Zurich Open 2017: 8.03Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 7.94Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 8.25Gessate Open 2017: 8.28Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 9.02Nancy Open 2017: 7.48Swiss Nationals 2017: 7.74Liechtenstein Open 2018: 9.28Chambéry Cube 2018: 7.71Armenia Open 2018: 8.69Eagle of the East 2018: 7.48Croissy Open 2018: 7.73Swisscubing Cup I 2018: 7.09French Championship 2018: 8.05Norwegian Championship 2018: 8.28Milan Saturday Open 2018: 6.44Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 8.49Elsass Open 2018: 6.12Finnish Championship 2018: 7.79Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 7.66Heimaey Open 2018: 8.69Icelandic Nationals 2018: 9.45Zentralschweiz 2018: 8.06Swisscubing Cup II 2018: 5.58FLIP Open 2018: 7.88WCA European Championship 2018: 8.58Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 7.84Bratislava Mental Breakdown 2018: 8.01Sens Open 2018: 8.78Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 7.60Swiss Nationals 2018: 8.08Munich Open 2018: 8.23Les Automnales 2018: 7.63Ticino Open 2018: 7.79Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 7.94Savoie Open 2019: 8.54D-City Cubing 2019: 7.86Istres Open 2019: 7.02Macedonia Winter 2019: 7.77Montenegro Open 2019: 7.73Albanian Open 2019: 7.45Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Open 2019: 7.01Zentralschweiz 2019: 7.83Chelles Open 2019: 8.45Open de Lumes 2019: 8.40Hamburg International 2019: 7.76French Championship 2019: 7.79Vorarlberg Open 2019: 7.12Hessen Open 2019: 7.96Elsass Open 2019: 7.59Cube Factory League Domaniewice 2019: 8.20Swedish Championship 2019: 7.91Swiss Nationals 2019: 7.33Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 7.55Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 7.72Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.22Norwegian Championship 2022: 7.82Swiss Nationals 2022: 6.73Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022: 8.57Swiss Science Open 2022: 7.72Barby Cube 2023: 7.70Swiss Nationals 2023: 8.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.09Italian Championship 2023: 7.73Bellinzona Open 2024: 6.73Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.30Bündner Open 2024: 7.00Swisscubing Cup V 2024: 7.78LaFilanda Speedcubing 2024: 7.86Swiss Nationals 2024: 6.97Swiss Science Open 2024: 7.61Swisscubing Cup III 2025: 6.65Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 7.17West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 7.71West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 7.25SacMini 2025: 6.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.07Mini Ticino Open 2025: 7.92Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025: 7.39Swiss Science Open 2025: 7.89Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 9.59Ghem Ammò Vöia Da Cubaa 2026: 7.51Biasca Euro Warmup 2026: 7.90Sonvico Sunset 2026: 8.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.935.5815.4812 May 201216 Jul 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.