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Tristan Rudolph

2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022RUDO01

Tristan Rudolph has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at German Newcomer Day 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 312th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2022, he has put 593 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.05 in August 2022 to 10.40, a 39% improvement. Tristan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.38
signature single · German Newcomer Day 2025
593
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.384.40
top 7.8%312 / 2,875
3×310.4013.09
top 8.6%445 / 4,109
Pyraminx4.837.94
top 12.1%311 / 1,987
4×444.9152.52
top 18.2%342 / 1,934
Skewb5.4511.18
top 21.6%285 / 1,169
3×3 one-handed20.7838.49
top 22.7%302 / 1,314
Square-120.0828.18
top 28.2%139 / 533
5×51:39.861:50.78
top 35.3%362 / 1,158
Megaminx1:50.112:01.64
top 40.4%298 / 787
Clock16.0518.68
top 52.0%335 / 634
6×63:45.934:01.33
top 60.8%308 / 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 Nationals 2022: 17.05German Open 2023: 13.15Aasee Algorithms 2023: 14.66German Nationals 2023: 11.36c't Open Hannover 2023: 12.44Kölner Kubing 2023: 13.21Central Germany 2024: 11.00German Newcomer Day 2024: 11.94German Open 2024: 12.03c't Open Hannover 2024: 10.83Bremium Cubing 2024: 10.92German Newcomer Day 2025: 12.04Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.4010.4017.0519 Aug 202226 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.