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Ulrich Spies

Pyraminx · top 13.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021SPIE02

Ulrich Spies has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.02, set at Belgian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in Germany. Across 93 competitions since November 2021, he has put 2,214 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 18.03 in November 2021 to 5.02, a 72% improvement. Ulrich has entered 93 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 13.3% of 129,321 all-time
5.02
signature single · Belgian Nationals 2023
2,214
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx5.028.19
top 13.3%344 / 1,987
Skewb4.3510.01
top 13.4%182 / 1,169
Clock8.8111.45
top 19.0%122 / 634
Megaminx1:47.751:56.39
top 39.1%292 / 787
2×25.658.89
top 47.1%1,529 / 2,875
3×324.5329.83
top 51.6%2,409 / 4,109
4×41:39.272:00.08
top 70.1%1,332 / 1,934
5×53:06.743:36.95
top 80.2%890 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed54.8758.06
top 80.7%1,102 / 1,314
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves66.00
top 92.5%320 / 338
6×66:37.847:02.03
top 93.9%538 / 586
7×715:10.00—
early days — 1 solve506 / 510

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 Mini Open B 2021: 18.03Dutch Spring 2022: 8.12Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 9.56German Mini Open A 2022: 5.99Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 9.46German Nationals 2022: 6.36Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 7.14Ganshoren Saturday Open 2022: 8.48Belgian Nationals 2022: 7.57Gijzegem Open 2022: 7.37Dutch Nationals 2022: 9.33Alphen Cubing 2023: 5.61Brugge Open 2023: 10.88Wommelgem Open 2023: 8.35German Open 2023: 7.10Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 9.38Capelle Cubing 2023: 9.91Aasee Algorithms 2023: 7.36Open de Lumes 2023: 8.64German Nationals 2023: 6.25Dutch Autumn 2023: 9.98V-Cube Spiel B 2023: 6.85Belgian Nationals 2023: 5.02Kölner Kubing 2023: 9.57Dutch Nationals 2023: 9.04Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 8.26Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 7.08German Newcomer Day 2024: 8.16Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 9.27Leuven Open 2024: 9.16German Open 2024: 9.45Kölner Kubing 2024: 9.06Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 8.06Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 8.63Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 5.56Visé Open Saturday 2024: 7.46Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 9.09Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 9.11Belgian Nationals 2024: 8.22Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 9.19German Newcomer Day 2025: 10.75Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 7.28German Open 2025: 7.01Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 7.68Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025: 9.43Visé Saturday Open 2025: 8.86Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 9.66Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025: 5.93Ranst Autumn 2025: 8.41Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 7.62Zottegem Open 2025: 8.83Nilvange Open 2025: 9.32Belgian Nationals 2025: 7.31No Rush Hasselt 2026: 8.82Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026: 8.98CuBonn Open 2026: 7.745.0218.037 Nov 202130 May 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.