People · Germany
Yannis Liebau
2×2 · top 6.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LIEB01
Yannis Liebau has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 339 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.43 in March 2025 to 17.18, a 47% improvement. Yannis has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.39 | top 6.6% | 266 / 2,931 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 6.40 | top 14.4% | 379 / 2,020 | |
| Clock | 9.00 | 11.37 | top 19.9% | 129 / 647 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 9.62 | top 26.1% | 359 / 1,192 | |
| 3×3 | 17.18 | 18.17 | top 31.7% | 1,575 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.39 | 1:21.37 | top 41.2% | 790 / 1,966 | |
| Square-1 | 32.30 | 52.17 | top 53.8% | 285 / 541 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.29 | 2:17.80 | top 54.1% | 405 / 798 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.45 | — | top 63.8% | 696 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.16 | 59.95 | top 76.9% | 1,060 / 1,328 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rhön Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Advent Open 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.43 at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Ten personal bests in one day at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.91 at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhön Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 10 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Elias Mattis Prange — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lasse Breucking — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Amélie Dieterich — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.