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Marco Vorländer

3×3 · top 0.79% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014VORL01

Marco Vorländer has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.43, set at Elsass Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Germany. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since September 2014, he has put 3,681 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in September 2014 to 6.43, a 56% improvement. Marco has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.79% of 284,439 all-time
6.43
signature single · Elsass Open 2018
3,681
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×36.438.63
top 0.79%36 / 4,109
5×547.4553.70
top 1.1%8 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed10.1813.12
top 1.2%14 / 1,314
4×426.5731.07
top 1.2%24 / 1,934
6×61:28.041:35.90
top 1.6%6 / 586
7×72:18.012:21.88
top 2.1%7 / 510
2×21.683.08
top 3.0%136 / 2,875
Skewb3.158.20
top 5.7%68 / 1,169
Megaminx59.241:14.63
top 9.6%65 / 787
Pyraminx4.6811.23
top 11.3%286 / 1,987
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves41.67
top 40.9%147 / 338

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

German Nationals 2014: 14.75Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 12.31Hessen Open 2015: 12.91Velbert Open 2015: 12.34German Big Cube Open 2015: 10.78German Nationals 2015: 11.93Cubelonia 2016: 10.13Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 9.56Hessen Open 2016: 10.00European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.08German Nationals 2016: 9.68Cubelonia 2017: 9.11Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 10.15German Big Cube Open 2017: 8.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.11German Nationals 2017: 10.14Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 8.66Belgian Easter 2018: 8.15German Open 2018: 7.42Elsass Open 2018: 6.43Hessen Open 2018: 8.25Cologne Open 2018: 8.91WCA European Championship 2018: 9.31Monnem City Cubing 2018: 9.09German Big Cube Open 2018: 8.25Meppel Open 2018: 7.77Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018: 7.69Bremium Cubing 2019: 7.46German Open 2019: 9.03Hessen Open 2019: 7.93Elsass Open 2019: 7.69Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 8.33WCA World Championship 2019: 8.05German Nationals 2019: 8.56Monnem City Cubing 2019: 9.16German Big Cube Open 2019: 7.65Bremium Winter 2019: 7.52Annuntia Open 2020: 9.15Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 8.70German Mini Open B 2021: 7.73Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 7.66German Mini Open B 2022: 8.00GamMa Spring 2022: 7.76Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 8.46German Nationals 2022: 7.25German Open 2023: 8.53German Nationals 2023: 7.64Kölner Kubing 2023: 8.97Central Germany 2024: 7.92French Championship 2024: 8.87Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024: 7.12Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 8.24Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 7.50Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 8.16Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 8.10Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 8.22Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.686.4314.756 Sep 201416 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 7.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.