People · Germany
Selim Soysal
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SOYS01
Selim Soysal has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at CuBonn Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 282nd in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 191 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.51 in September 2024 to 9.31, an 11% improvement. Selim has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.31 | 10.36 | top 5.6% | 282 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.52 | top 12.2% | 447 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.95 | 26.93 | top 23.2% | 312 / 1,328 | |
| 4×4 | 56.53 | 1:10.94 | top 32.6% | 617 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.47 | 15.08 | top 63.8% | 1,393 / 2,020 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.16 | — | top 64.5% | 703 / 1,175 | |
| Clock | 51.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 639 / 647 |
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
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026.
- 16 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026.
- 23 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kölner Kubing 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024. A 10.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kölner Kubing 2026 · 25 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CuBonn Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024 · 27 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Javid Nabizade — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Imanuel Müller — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emil Jenz — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.