People · Germany
Manlai Maximilian Kappler
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KAPP01
Manlai Maximilian Kappler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Hessen Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 531 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.14 in March 2024 to 8.63, a 68% improvement. Manlai has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.63 | 9.98 | top 4.0% | 217 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 2.78 | top 4.1% | 177 / 2,931 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 6.92 | top 8.4% | 203 / 2,020 | |
| 4×4 | 40.57 | 45.82 | top 12.8% | 245 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.91 | 22.71 | top 17.6% | 240 / 1,328 | |
| Square-1 | 16.51 | 19.53 | top 19.9% | 97 / 541 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.10 | 1:34.38 | top 20.0% | 146 / 798 | |
| Clock | 9.71 | 11.09 | top 23.5% | 156 / 647 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 8.56 | top 23.9% | 323 / 1,192 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.02 | 1:59.99 | top 41.3% | 436 / 1,175 | |
| 6×6 | 3:37.60 | 3:41.75 | top 57.9% | 293 / 595 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.32 | 6:21.67 | early days — 3 solves | 303 / 521 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026.
- 16 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2026.
- 9 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025.
- 9 Oct 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 30 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025.
Competitions
- WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Ulmgedreht 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Anti-NxN in Stuttgart 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Alexander Botz — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Glib Konyshev (Гліб Конишев) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Samuel Ballas — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.