People · Germany
Marvin Thölken
4×4 · top 6.5% of 85,040 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024THOL01
Marvin Thölken has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.70, set at c't Open Hannover 2026, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 139th in Germany. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 348 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Marvin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.70 | 46.96 | top 6.5% | 139 / 1,966 | |
| 3×3 | 12.75 | 14.48 | top 16.6% | 838 / 4,182 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 8.89 | top 18.9% | 255 / 1,192 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.98 | 6.68 | top 19.9% | 514 / 2,020 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.70 | 1:35.18 | top 26.3% | 282 / 1,175 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.07 | top 28.5% | 966 / 2,931 | |
| Clock | 13.24 | 16.60 | top 40.7% | 272 / 647 | |
| Square-1 | 27.74 | 37.09 | top 45.2% | 225 / 541 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 258 / 595 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.85 | — | top 61.2% | 193 / 350 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 15:23.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 69 / 89 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Oldenburg Oster Open 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024. A 14.96 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oldenburg Oster Open 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 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.
- Jonas Ropella — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Patrick Bessel — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Emil Jenz — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.70 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.