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Willi Mickein

Pyraminx · top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012MICK01

Willi Mickein has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Hamburg International 2019, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Germany. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since May 2012, he has put 3,677 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.44 in May 2012 to 10.08, a 57% improvement. Willi has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time
1.59
signature single · Hamburg International 2019
3,677
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx1.592.81
top 0.53%8 / 1,987
Skewb2.325.19
top 2.3%18 / 1,169
2×21.734.17
top 3.2%149 / 2,875
Megaminx48.1154.35
top 4.3%24 / 787
3×310.0812.02
top 7.7%392 / 4,109
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves52.67
top 12.2%67 / 338
5×51:15.431:26.30
top 15.7%158 / 1,158
4×442.9454.71
top 15.7%282 / 1,934
Square-115.6419.39
top 17.9%86 / 533
3×3 one-handed19.1431.83
top 18.2%249 / 1,314
6×62:44.443:09.24
top 33.2%155 / 586
Clock12.2015.27
top 35.9%233 / 634
3×3 blindfolded2:51.42—
top 50.0%151 / 343
7×74:59.645:19.91
top 50.5%205 / 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

Berlin Open 2012: 23.44German Nationals 2012: 17.06Magic Cube Days 2012: 17.72German Open 2013: 16.56Berlin Open 2013: 14.09German Nationals 2013: 13.72Berlin Cube Day 2013: 15.03Duisburg Winter 2014: 13.71German Open 2014: 12.19Berlin Open 2014: 12.06Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 12.45German Nationals 2014: 13.58PLS Szczecin 2014: 14.33German Open 2015: 12.75Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015: 11.83German Nationals 2015: 12.75Cubelonia 2016: 12.26Kaskada Open 2016: 11.14German Open 2016: 12.15Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016: 12.09European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 13.05German Nationals 2016: 11.38Cubelonia 2017: 11.40German Open 2017: 11.99Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017: 12.09German Nationals 2017: 10.79Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017: 11.87German Open 2018: 11.30Cologne Open 2018: 11.56WCA European Championship 2018: 11.61German Nationals 2018: 10.72Monnem City Cubing 2018: 10.34Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 12.40German Open 2019: 11.58Hamburg International 2019: 10.51Munich Open 2019: 12.05Bremium Winter 2019: 10.67Minx C-Open-hagen 2020: 11.26Hamburg International 2020: 11.93GamMa Spring 2022: 11.31Szczecin Winter 2022: 10.44Chääswürfel 2022: 12.52Bremium Cubing 2023: 11.89German Nationals 2023: 12.27Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 13.06Zielona Góra Fresh Cubing 2024: 12.12c't Open Hannover 2024: 11.41Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 10.97Back to Berlin 2024: 11.66Berlin Summer Open 2025: 11.76Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.96c't Open Hannover 2025: 11.07Cottbus Cubing 2025: 10.08Schwerin Open 2026: 11.39SzczeciNxN 2026: 11.18German Open 2026: 11.24Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026: 10.7010.0823.4412 May 201222 Aug 2026

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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.