People · Chile
Theo Niedbalski
2×2 · top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NIED02
Theo Niedbalski has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at Portugalete Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Chile. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2023, he has put 394 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.83 in May 2023 to 2.04, a 74% improvement. Theo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 2.98 | top 5.0% | 46 / 1,303 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 10.57 | top 15.6% | 97 / 871 | |
| Skewb | 5.15 | 7.83 | top 19.3% | 87 / 314 | |
| 3×3 | 13.73 | 15.27 | top 20.0% | 394 / 2,080 | |
| 4×4 | 2:05.66 | — | top 84.1% | 523 / 562 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.50 | — | top 84.2% | 423 / 458 | |
| Clock | 52.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 100 / 101 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Gasteiz Open 2025.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.21 at Amore Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at Amore Open 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Basauri Open 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Bilbao Open 2023.
- 17 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at EuskalCubing La Perrera Open 2023.
Competitions
- Portugalete Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gasteiz Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Basauri Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Warm Up Portugalete 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Amore Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- La Perrera Udazkena Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bilbao Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- EuskalCubing La Perrera Open 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Erandio TxikiOpen 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 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.
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jorge Orrite De Alba — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Rubén López de Juan — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.