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Tim Schädel

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014SCHA03

Tim Schädel has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at German Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since January 2014, he has put 1,750 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.66 in January 2014 to 8.71, a 31% improvement. Tim has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.72
signature single · German Nationals 2014
1,750
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.723.93
top 3.2%148 / 2,875
3×38.7111.04
top 4.2%224 / 4,109
Pyraminx3.635.63
top 6.0%139 / 1,987
4×434.9744.27
top 6.7%140 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed15.1823.32
top 8.5%113 / 1,314
5×51:15.001:24.89
top 15.3%151 / 1,158
Skewb5.157.05
top 19.3%259 / 1,169
7×73:51.404:11.56
top 27.6%104 / 510
6×62:36.472:41.85
top 28.9%132 / 586
Megaminx1:32.341:47.62
top 29.7%212 / 787
Square-159.16—
early days — 2 solves436 / 533
Clock58.80—
early days — 1 solve634 / 634

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

Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 12.66Hessen Open 2014: 11.44German Nationals 2014: 12.66Munich Open 2014: 10.08Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 10.11Hessen Open 2015: 12.33Erfurt Open 2015: 12.30Franconia Open 2015: 10.67German Nationals 2015: 11.88Munich Open 2015: 10.90Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 8.71Hessen Open 2016: 11.49European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 12.94German Nationals 2016: 10.56Munich Open 2016: 9.53PSKubing 2016: 9.91Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 10.55Hessen Open 2017: 11.37German Nationals 2017: 10.74Monnem City Cubing 2017: 10.44Munich Open 2017: 10.10PSKubing 2017: 9.94Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 10.61Hessen Open 2018: 10.80German Nationals 2018: 9.36Hessen Open 2019: 9.43German Nationals 2019: 9.37Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.548.7112.9418 Jan 201426 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.