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Tim Schmitt

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021SCHM01

Tim Schmitt has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2021, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in October 2021 to 9.32, a 27% improvement. Tim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024
190
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.684.03
top 3.0%136 / 2,875
3×39.3210.55
top 5.6%278 / 4,109
4×444.8150.12
top 18.1%340 / 1,934
Pyraminx6.467.93
top 23.5%597 / 1,987
Skewb6.5315.29
top 30.0%411 / 1,169
5×51:42.081:59.13
top 36.9%381 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed29.4839.75
top 45.4%590 / 1,314

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

Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 12.76Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 11.09German Nationals 2022: 11.39South Germany 2023: 10.16Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.329.3212.7617 Oct 202129 Jun 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.