People · Germany
Marlin Theo Rasch
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025RASC02
Marlin Theo Rasch has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Bremium Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in Germany. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.74 in April 2025 to 10.66, a 22% improvement. Marlin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.66 | 13.56 | top 9.5% | 492 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 48.39 | 56.44 | top 22.7% | 432 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.84 | 30.65 | top 36.6% | 479 / 1,328 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:40.68 | — | top 46.7% | 146 / 350 | |
| 5×5 | 3:09.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 914 / 1,175 | |
| Square-1 | 1:04.54 | 1:22.29 | top 86.4% | 458 / 541 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026.
- 20 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First competition: Oldenburg Oster Open 2025. A 13.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldenburg Oster Open 2025 · 11 Apr 2025
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.
- Finn Comerford — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anton Schröder — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henri Gerber — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 8.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.