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Richard Rettich

Skewb · top 0.17% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022RETT01

Richard Rettich has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Germany. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since November 2022, he has put 2,295 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.35 in November 2022 to 6.43, a 65% improvement. Richard has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.17% of 73,281 all-time
1.26
signature single · Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025
2,295
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Skewb1.262.50
top 0.17%3 / 1,169
3×36.439.05
top 0.79%36 / 4,109
2×21.432.77
top 1.9%84 / 2,875
Pyraminx3.204.21
top 4.3%99 / 1,987
4×432.3637.67
top 4.5%89 / 1,934
Clock5.176.63
top 4.9%22 / 634
3×3 one-handed14.7716.69
top 7.6%105 / 1,314
5×51:05.251:11.62
top 8.5%89 / 1,158
Megaminx58.621:04.25
top 9.3%63 / 787
6×62:17.802:36.85
top 19.4%85 / 586
Square-116.9122.74
top 20.8%98 / 533
7×73:56.524:21.93
top 29.3%113 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.00
top 37.3%139 / 338

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

Swiss Science Open 2022: 18.35Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 17.10Bretzel Open 2023: 12.22Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 14.81Hessen Open 2023: 12.83German Nationals 2023: 12.73Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 12.85NxNxNürtingen 2023: 10.06South Germany 2023: 12.04Swiss Science Open 2023: 11.22Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023: 11.02Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024: 11.03Cubing in HD 2024: 11.53Palais'Open 2024: 11.64Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 12.30Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 10.40Chanteloup Open 2025: 10.15Aachen Open 2025: 7.64Chelles Open 2025: 8.26Tigery Open 2025: 9.78Longjum'Open 2025: 8.59Kölner Kubing 2025: 8.35Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 9.68Cubing Days Neuburg 2025: 9.00Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.49Swiss Science Open 2025: 8.80Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025: 9.68Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 9.06South Germany 2025: 9.86Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 6.43Muri Twist Till It Works 2026: 7.20Munich Open 2026: 9.75Darmstadt Open 2026: 8.04Hessen Open 2026: 7.86Audun-le-Tiche Open 2026: 7.37Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.25Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 8.556.4318.355 Nov 202222 Aug 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.

  • Alexander Botz — met in 279 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
  • Alwin Rölz — met in 276 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Noah Kraft — met in 261 rounds, finished ahead 17 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.