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Tim Kalle Wenkel

3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022WENK01

Tim Kalle Wenkel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at Belgian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2022, he has put 742 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in August 2022 to 8.77, a 62% improvement. Tim has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time
8.77
signature single · Belgian Nationals 2025
742
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.779.97
top 4.4%236 / 4,182
2×22.553.88
top 9.5%359 / 2,931
4×438.2844.86
top 10.2%193 / 1,966
Skewb4.586.68
top 15.1%208 / 1,192
Pyraminx5.807.89
top 18.6%481 / 2,020
Square-117.0233.81
top 21.1%103 / 541
Megaminx1:19.291:20.90
top 21.3%156 / 798
Clock10.2812.37
top 26.4%184 / 647
5×51:29.081:41.41
top 26.6%286 / 1,175
3×3 one-handed24.1827.22
top 32.1%422 / 1,328
6×63:23.873:41.21
early days — 3 solves270 / 595

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

Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 22.88Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 20.16Belgian Nationals 2022: 19.09Brugge Open 2023: 18.80Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 17.64Aasee Algorithms 2023: 15.88Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 10.03Belgian Nationals 2023: 11.59Kölner Kubing 2023: 13.46Leuven Open 2024: 11.49Bigger in Breda 2024: 9.46Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.35Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 10.23Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 9.54Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.78Schnelle Solves Siegen v2 2025: 8.88Visé Sunday Open 2025: 8.99Belgian Nationals 2025: 8.778.7722.8827 Aug 202222 Nov 2025

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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.