People · Switzerland
Roman Gläser
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025GLAS07
Roman Gläser has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Swiss Science Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 172 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in October 2025 to 13.07, a 17% improvement. Roman has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 5.68 | top 3.2% | 46 / 913 | |
| 3×3 | 13.07 | 14.55 | top 17.7% | 216 / 1,197 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.19 | 9.80 | top 29.4% | 221 / 655 | |
| Clock | 13.76 | 17.62 | top 42.8% | 110 / 226 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.75 | 39.01 | top 46.1% | 161 / 367 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.36 | 2:02.27 | top 60.1% | 274 / 462 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 87 / 97 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Belli in Zona 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Belli in Zona 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025First competition: Swiss Science Open 2025. A 15.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lonay Euro Qualifier 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ghem Ammò Vöia Da Cubaa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belli in Zona 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Rain 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chääswürfel 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ticino Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Swiss Science Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
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 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Flurin König — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Levin Houghton — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.