People · Germany
Simon Dimpker
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 12.2% of 12,294 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021DIMP01
Simon Dimpker has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 29 moves, set at Kölner Kubing 2025, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Germany. Across 31 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,023 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.58 in November 2021 to 13.14, a 39% improvement. Simon has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 33.33 | top 12.2% | 67 / 338 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 5.83 | top 12.9% | 457 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 9.08 | top 17.2% | 431 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 13.14 | 16.51 | top 17.9% | 876 / 4,109 | |
| Clock | 8.67 | 9.31 | top 18.3% | 116 / 634 | |
| 4×4 | 50.68 | 57.85 | top 25.6% | 491 / 1,934 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 9.62 | top 25.6% | 349 / 1,169 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.01 | 1:45.69 | top 32.7% | 241 / 787 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.40 | — | top 35.2% | 108 / 343 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.16 | 1:59.96 | top 35.5% | 366 / 1,158 | |
| Square-1 | 28.05 | 50.51 | top 45.7% | 226 / 533 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.96 | 39.36 | top 46.6% | 600 / 1,314 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 57:43 | — | top 48.1% | 70 / 142 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.92 | 3:33.17 | top 51.4% | 256 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 5:33.79 | 6:04.57 | top 60.7% | 262 / 510 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 18:25.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 73 / 85 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 53:59.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 46 / 47 |
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 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Aasee Algorithms 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Baden Side Events 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Franconia Winter 2022.
- 19 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Rhein-Sieg Open 2026 · 16 Jan 2026
- Rhein-Neckar Physical 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Aachen Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Mental Squaredown 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Nichts Vergessen in Nordhessen 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2024 · 24 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in HD 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Mental Breakdown 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNxNürtingen 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Aasee Algorithms 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Baden Side Events 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Roskilde by Night 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- GamMa Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2022 · 1 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2021 · 7 Nov 2021
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.
- Katharina Schlomberg — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Achim Spies — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Henri Gerber — met in 160 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.