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Yannick Richter

2×2 · top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010RICH04

Yannick Richter has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.12, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since September 2010, he has put 1,817 official solves on the record across 14 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 3×3 best has come down from 12.66 in September 2010 to 7.78, a 39% improvement. Yannick has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time
1.12
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,817
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
2×21.122.82
top 0.82%37 / 2,875
3×37.789.74
top 2.4%140 / 4,109
Pyraminx2.775.79
top 2.9%59 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed12.5819.77
top 3.8%54 / 1,314
4×435.7940.63
top 7.4%143 / 1,934
Megaminx1:07.531:15.51
top 14.2%99 / 787
5×51:14.341:25.94
top 14.8%145 / 1,158
Skewb4.657.99
top 15.6%215 / 1,169
Square-114.6822.22
top 15.7%72 / 533
3×3 blindfolded1:11.781:51.79
top 16.7%58 / 343
Clock10.5312.45
top 27.6%191 / 634
6×62:45.902:59.65
top 33.9%159 / 586
7×74:36.474:46.16
top 43.3%173 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:37—
early days — 1 solve94 / 142

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

Lemgo Open 2010: 12.66Dutch Open 2010: 12.66Skårup Christmas 2010: 12.33Aachen Open 2011: 13.03Hamburg Open 2011: 12.77Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 8.84Magic Cube Days 2012: 10.41Hamburg Open 2014: 11.66Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 10.83Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016: 9.81Danish Championship 2021: 8.81German Mini Open B 2021: 8.51GamMa Spring 2022: 8.40German Nationals 2022: 8.53Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 7.98Franconia Winter 2022: 8.16Ikast Winter Cubing 2023: 9.07Cubing in HD 2023: 8.56German Open 2023: 7.78German Nationals 2023: 9.84Franconia Winter 2023: 9.56Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 9.90Franconia Winter 2025: 8.33Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.27Schwerin Open 2026: 9.02Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.967.7813.034 Sep 201028 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.