People · Germany
Sebastian Rüping
4×4 · top 3.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022RUPI01
Sebastian Rüping has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.81, set at Kölner Kubing 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Germany. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2022, he has put 184 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Sebastian 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 | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.81 | 36.14 | top 3.4% | 67 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 10.16 | top 4.6% | 246 / 4,182 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.41 | 1:13.27 | top 10.0% | 104 / 1,175 | |
| 7×7 | 4:32.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 170 / 521 |
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
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Mini Open A 2022.
- 24 Apr 2022First competition: Annuntia Sunday Open 2022. A 12.27 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Annuntia Sunday Open 2022.
- 24 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Annuntia Sunday Open 2022.
Competitions
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Sunday 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Mini Open A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Annuntia Sunday Open 2022 · 24 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Guillaume David — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thibau Vander Motte — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Achim Spies — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.