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Tim Hülsemann

2×2 · top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HULS01

Tim Hülsemann has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at c't Open Hannover 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 318 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.56 in April 2023 to 9.43, a 39% improvement. Tim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.04
signature single · c't Open Hannover 2023
318
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.043.25
top 5.0%209 / 2,875
3×39.4312.08
top 5.9%294 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed23.2329.11
top 29.4%390 / 1,314
4×455.171:06.23
top 30.9%581 / 1,934
Pyraminx8.4012.06
top 39.7%907 / 1,987
Clock14.5816.83
top 46.2%303 / 634
Skewb10.4512.37
top 57.7%749 / 1,169
Megaminx2:44.52
top 67.9%502 / 787
5×52:53.17
top 75.8%829 / 1,158
6×67:10.33
early days — 1 solve554 / 586

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

German Open 2023: 15.56Aasee Algorithms 2023: 13.74German Nationals 2023: 9.43V-Cube Spiel B 2023: 12.22c't Open Hannover 2023: 12.81Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 10.41German Newcomer Day 2024: 10.68German Open 2024: 12.099.4315.5629 Apr 202320 Apr 2024

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.