People · Germany
Simon Burian
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016BURI01
Simon Burian has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Frankfurt Cube Days 2018, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2016, he has put 902 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.27 in November 2016 to 8.02, a 40% improvement. Simon has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 3.42 | top 1.9% | 86 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 9.11 | top 2.8% | 154 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 33.39 | 39.25 | top 5.3% | 112 / 1,934 | |
| Clock | 5.53 | 6.26 | top 5.8% | 32 / 634 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.68 | 19.66 | top 7.4% | 102 / 1,314 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 5.96 | top 9.8% | 249 / 1,987 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.42 | 1:10.77 | top 9.9% | 99 / 1,158 | |
| Square-1 | 15.92 | 18.51 | top 18.5% | 89 / 533 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.93 | 1:30.54 | top 23.1% | 160 / 787 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.92 | 2:50.03 | top 24.0% | 108 / 586 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 7.83 | top 26.7% | 368 / 1,169 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:15.04 | — | top 38.3% | 117 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 4:36.34 | 4:48.91 | top 43.3% | 172 / 510 |
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
- 4 Mar 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kansai Open 2019.
- 22 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Japan Championship 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Liechtenstein Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at PSKubing 2017.
Competitions
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Ayase 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Big Cubes 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2018 · 7 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liechtenstein Open 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- PSKubing 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 11 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- PSKubing 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Kevin Gerhardt — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Laura Holzhauer — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.