People · Germany
Marlon Gerke
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015GERK01
Marlon Gerke has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2015, he has put 658 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.38 in August 2015 to 9.24, a 52% improvement. Marlon has entered 14 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 | 9.24 | 11.56 | top 5.4% | 268 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 35.99 | 43.05 | top 7.7% | 148 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 21.91 | top 8.6% | 114 / 1,314 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.35 | top 14.6% | 504 / 2,875 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.03 | 1:23.38 | top 16.1% | 161 / 1,158 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 8.41 | top 16.9% | 423 / 1,987 | |
| 7×7 | 3:35.57 | 3:49.45 | top 21.8% | 83 / 510 | |
| 6×6 | 2:24.51 | 2:34.60 | top 22.8% | 102 / 586 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.23 | 3:08.67 | top 51.3% | 383 / 787 | |
| Skewb | 10.41 | 15.78 | top 57.5% | 747 / 1,169 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2023.
- 4 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2023.
- 7 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2023.
- 19 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Nine personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025
- Geselliges Gewürfel Göttingen 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Central Germany 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 11 personal bests set
- German Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015
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.
- Wilhelm Kilders — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Noah Kraft — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.