People · Germany
Martin Köhler
3×3 · top 0.37% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014KOHL02
Martin Köhler has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.79, set at Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Germany. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2014, he has put 690 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.80 in December 2014 to 5.79, a 41% improvement. Martin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 5.79 | 7.21 | top 0.37% | 19 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 1.47 | 2.88 | top 2.0% | 96 / 2,931 | |
| 4×4 | 28.95 | 32.60 | top 2.3% | 49 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.46 | 15.13 | top 5.2% | 77 / 1,328 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.77 | 1:20.99 | top 13.0% | 137 / 1,175 | |
| Skewb | 4.35 | 7.95 | top 13.4% | 186 / 1,192 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.79 | 10.31 | top 26.2% | 665 / 2,020 | |
| Clock | 35.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 597 / 647 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024.
- 16 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2019.
- 7 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2016.
- 27 Dec 2014First competition: Schleswig Holstein Open 2014. A 10.66 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Dec 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Schleswig Holstein Open 2014.
- 27 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at Schleswig Holstein Open 2014.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rahn Education Open 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026
- Braunschweig Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024
- Rahn Education Open 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Leipzig 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Schleswig Holstein Open 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests 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.
- Henri Gerber — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
- Kira-Lysan Meyer — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.