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Simon Stannek

7×7 · top 1.0% of 14,226 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012STAN04

Simon Stannek has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:06.37, set at German Big Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Germany. Until March 2018, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2012, he has put 1,363 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.23 in October 2012 to 7.68, a 53% improvement. Simon has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

7×7
best event — top 1.0% of 14,226 all-time
2:06.37
signature single · German Big Cube Open 2018
1,363
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
7×72:06.372:11.41
top 1.0%3 / 510
4×427.6831.02
top 1.6%35 / 1,934
3×37.689.62
top 2.2%129 / 4,109
5×552.4358.69
top 2.5%25 / 1,158
6×61:36.911:43.13
top 3.3%16 / 586
Pyraminx4.558.39
top 10.5%271 / 1,987
2×22.803.81
top 12.0%434 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed17.5921.43
top 14.0%183 / 1,314
Megaminx1:30.941:36.93
top 28.8%205 / 787
Skewb8.1313.66
top 42.3%558 / 1,169
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves44.67
top 51.8%180 / 338

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

Munich Open 2012: 16.23German Nationals 2012: 14.40Hessen Open 2013: 13.59BW Open 2013: 11.96Franconia Open 2013: 13.27Munich Open 2013: 11.65German Nationals 2013: 10.84Franconia Winter 2013: 12.33Franconia Open 2014: 11.81Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 9.31Munich Open 2014: 9.65Franconia Winter 2014: 10.68Franconia Open 2015: 9.50Munich Open 2015: 9.61Munich Open 2016: 8.58Munich Open 2017: 9.56WCA European Championship 2018: 9.65German Nationals 2018: 8.90Munich Open 2018: 8.58German Big Cube Open 2018: 8.94Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 8.05Bavarian Open 2023: 7.83Franconia Cube Days 2026: 7.687.6816.236 Oct 201230 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 6.37 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.