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Sebastian Palatas
2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PALA05
Sebastian Palatas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Italian Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,199th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 174 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.30 in April 2023 to 2.11, a 71% improvement. Sebastian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 7.41 | top 5.5% | 2,199 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.27 | 10.67 | top 30.1% | 8,354 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.04 | 9.13 | top 41.6% | 7,239 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 21.38 | 24.30 | top 43.8% | 25,135 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 16.38 | 22.13 | top 53.2% | 4,384 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.26 | — | top 58.5% | 10,121 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.44 | — | top 84.7% | 12,716 / 15,683 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dosson al Cubo 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Italian Open 2024.
- 4 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 24.15 at German Nationals 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 31.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dosson al Cubo 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ivrea: Back to Square One 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNxNürtingen 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christian Crea — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matteo Provasi — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.