People · Germany
Janek Gehrlein
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019GEHR02
Janek Gehrlein has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.81, set at Rahn Education Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Germany. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2019, he has put 684 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.88 in August 2019 to 6.81, a 43% improvement. Janek has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.81 | 8.44 | top 1.1% | 60 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 29.49 | 34.01 | top 2.6% | 54 / 1,966 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.83 | top 3.1% | 144 / 2,931 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.03 | 1:12.90 | top 6.7% | 71 / 1,175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.87 | 28.03 | top 17.5% | 239 / 1,328 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.68 | 2:44.12 | top 30.1% | 143 / 595 | |
| 7×7 | 4:22.64 | 4:34.40 | top 38.7% | 158 / 521 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:17.39 | — | top 39.2% | 125 / 350 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.53 | — | top 53.1% | 397 / 798 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 11:57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 91 / 144 | |
| Clock | 53.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 645 / 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
- 11 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Kölner Kubing 2023.
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at GamMa Spring 2022.
- 1 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at German Mini Open B 2022.
- 16 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021.
Competitions
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Germany 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kölner Kubing 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- GamMa Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2022 · 1 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021 · 16 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Winter 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Konstantin Jaehne — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
- Magnus Lensch — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Noah Kraft — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.