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Marlon Starsch

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022STAR03

Marlon Starsch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 152nd in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,244 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.05 in October 2022 to 8.97, a 36% improvement. Marlon has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.75
signature single · Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024
1,244
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.753.96
top 3.3%152 / 2,875
3×38.9710.78
top 4.8%247 / 4,109
Pyraminx3.658.45
top 6.1%142 / 1,987
Skewb4.536.25
top 14.7%203 / 1,169
4×442.2946.85
top 14.9%268 / 1,934
5×51:27.001:35.04
top 24.9%262 / 1,158
Megaminx1:26.551:45.14
top 25.9%185 / 787
Clock10.5715.69
top 27.9%193 / 634
3×3 one-handed24.4133.58
top 32.6%430 / 1,314
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
top 37.3%139 / 338
6×63:01.393:28.94
top 41.7%201 / 586
Square-127.0337.17
top 43.6%211 / 533
7×74:47.514:51.65
top 47.0%190 / 510

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

Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 14.05Kampen Open 2023: 11.42Baden Basic & Beginners 2023: 11.23German Open 2023: 13.09Hessen Open 2023: 11.77Aasee Algorithms 2023: 11.55German Nationals 2023: 12.96Kölner Kubing 2023: 12.31Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 13.25Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024: 10.69German Open 2024: 8.97Kölner Kubing 2024: 9.88Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.84Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 9.27Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 10.64Belgian Nationals 2024: 10.93Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 10.64Hayange Open 2025: 10.89Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 11.59Kölner Kubing 2025: 9.73Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 11.37Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 10.76Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026: 10.60Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.448.9714.0522 Oct 202216 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.