People · Germany
Emil Manook
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025MANO03
Emil Manook has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Kölner Kubing 2026, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 512th in Germany. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 143 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in March 2025 to 10.78, a 37% improvement. Emil has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 15.94 | top 9.9% | 512 / 4,182 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.11 | 1:30.73 | top 19.3% | 204 / 1,175 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 7.75 | top 23.4% | 602 / 2,020 | |
| 4×4 | 49.05 | 53.51 | top 23.6% | 451 / 1,966 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.54 | top 29.6% | 1,002 / 2,931 | |
| Skewb | 6.76 | 9.61 | top 31.8% | 447 / 1,192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.90 | 30.89 | top 34.1% | 450 / 1,328 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.54 | 3:08.45 | top 39.4% | 195 / 595 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.08 | 5:12.09 | early days — 3 solves | 184 / 521 | |
| Clock | 15.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 335 / 647 |
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
- 25 Sep 2026Ten personal bests in one day at Kölner Kubing 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at c't Open Hannover 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: German Newcomer Day 2025. A 18.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kölner Kubing 2026 · 25 Sep 2026 — 10 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 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.
- Emil Jenz — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Javid Nabizade — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 20.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.