People · Germany
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 12.73 | top 6.3% | 320 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | — | top 8.0% | 48 / 338 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 5.56 | top 10.2% | 378 / 2,875 | |
| Clock | 8.39 | 9.74 | top 17.0% | 106 / 634 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.96 | 1:23.79 | top 23.1% | 161 / 787 | |
| 4×4 | 53.27 | 1:02.29 | top 28.7% | 539 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.38 | 28.94 | top 29.8% | 398 / 1,314 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 58:41 | — | top 35.0% | 55 / 142 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 11.47 | top 40.7% | 935 / 1,987 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.09 | 2:02.78 | top 41.2% | 434 / 1,158 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:36.05 | 2:52.77 | top 45.2% | 139 / 343 | |
| Skewb | 10.21 | 15.25 | top 56.2% | 735 / 1,169 | |
| 7×7 | 6:29.13 | 6:45.49 | top 74.2% | 323 / 510 | |
| Square-1 | 1:15.69 | 1:46.43 | top 91.2% | 481 / 533 | |
| 6×6 | 6:23.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 525 / 586 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 33:00.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 84 / 85 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 2:34:36.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 47 / 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
- 3 Aug 2012Three personal bests in one day at United States National Championships 2012.
- 10 Jan 2009First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Aachen Open 2009.
- 14 Oct 2006First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Dutch Open 2006.
- 14 Oct 2006Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2006.
- 23 Sep 2006Three personal bests in one day at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006.
- 21 Apr 2006Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2006.
Competitions
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2015 · 17 Jan 2015
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2014 · 18 Jan 2014
- Munich Open 2013 · 9 Nov 2013
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- BW Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2012 · 8 Dec 2012
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Berlin Open 2012 · 12 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2012 · 4 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Aachen Open 2011 · 14 Jan 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Düsseldorf Open 2010 · 24 Jul 2010
- Cologne Open 2010 · 12 Jun 2010
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Benelux Open 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2009 · 10 Jan 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2008 · 23 Aug 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- German Championship 2007 · 20 Oct 2007 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2007 · 28 Apr 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- German Championship 2006 · 21 Oct 2006
- Dutch Open 2006 · 14 Oct 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 · 23 Sep 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2006 · 21 Apr 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 8 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2005 · 16 Oct 2005 — 3 personal bests set
- German Championship 2005 · 15 Oct 2005 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2005 · 23 Apr 2005 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2004 · 10 Oct 2004 — 9 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Games Championship 2004 · 7 Aug 2004 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2004 · 24 Apr 2004 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2003 · 11 Oct 2003
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.
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 178 rounds, finished ahead 62 times · head to head
- Lars Vandenbergh — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
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.