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Stefan Pochmann

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2003 · 2003POCH01

Stefan Pochmann has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Aachen Open 2009, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 320th in Germany. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since October 2003, he has put 1,461 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.26 in October 2003 to 9.56, an 81% improvement. Stefan has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.56
signature single · Aachen Open 2009
1,461
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×39.5612.73
top 6.3%320 / 4,109
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves
top 8.0%48 / 338
2×22.635.56
top 10.2%378 / 2,875
Clock8.399.74
top 17.0%106 / 634
Megaminx1:21.961:23.79
top 23.1%161 / 787
4×453.271:02.29
top 28.7%539 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed23.3828.94
top 29.8%398 / 1,314
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 58:41
top 35.0%55 / 142
Pyraminx8.5211.47
top 40.7%935 / 1,987
5×51:48.092:02.78
top 41.2%434 / 1,158
3×3 blindfolded2:36.052:52.77
top 45.2%139 / 343
Skewb10.2115.25
top 56.2%735 / 1,169
7×76:29.136:45.49
top 74.2%323 / 510
Square-11:15.691:46.43
top 91.2%481 / 533
6×66:23.09
early days — 1 solve525 / 586
4×4 blindfolded33:00.00
early days — 2 solves84 / 85
5×5 blindfolded2:34:36.00
early days — 1 solve47 / 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

Dutch Open 2003: 50.26German Open 2004: 26.11European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 27.84Dutch Open 2004: 22.42German Open 2005: 15.52German Championship 2005: 16.22Dutch Open 2005: 17.55Rubik's World Championship 2005: 15.27German Open 2006: 16.67European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 15.03Dutch Open 2006: 13.68German Championship 2006: 15.41German Open 2007: 15.29US Open 2007: 15.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 15.71German Championship 2007: 13.85US Nationals and Open 2008: 16.04Dutch Masters 2008: 14.43Aachen Open 2009: 9.56Benelux Open 2009: 14.16US Nationals 2009: 13.30World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 14.25Cologne Open 2010: 14.11Düsseldorf Open 2010: 16.78United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 15.96Aachen Open 2011: 13.15United States National Championships 2011: 12.09Canadian Open 2011: 11.88German Nationals 2011: 12.53Hessen Open 2012: 10.79Berlin Open 2012: 12.18United States National Championships 2012: 13.38Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 13.09BW Open 2013: 14.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.37Munich Open 2013: 13.22Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 13.55Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 14.33Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 12.529.5650.2611 Oct 200328 Jan 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.