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Nik Maraun

3×3 · top 0.34% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021MARA01

Nik Maraun has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.71, set at Danish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Germany. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2021, he has put 1,268 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.18 in October 2021 to 5.71, a 44% improvement. Nik has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.34% of 284,439 all-time
5.71
signature single · Danish Championship 2023
1,268
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×35.717.32
top 0.34%16 / 4,109
2×21.493.52
top 2.1%99 / 2,875
Pyraminx2.935.88
top 3.4%77 / 1,987
4×431.2036.74
top 3.6%68 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed13.3215.22
top 4.9%72 / 1,314
Skewb3.156.65
top 5.7%68 / 1,169
Megaminx56.401:06.02
top 8.1%55 / 787
5×51:08.591:18.43
top 10.6%109 / 1,158
Clock7.9810.45
top 15.1%91 / 634
Square-116.5720.66
top 20.0%96 / 533
6×62:30.532:51.88
top 25.9%121 / 586
7×74:47.245:41.64
top 46.9%188 / 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

Danish Championship 2021: 10.18Vestkyst Cubing 2021: 8.16Odsherred Forårscubing 2022: 7.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.20Sønderjysk Sommercubing 2022: 7.42Danish Championship 2022: 6.79Aarhus Open 2022: 7.52Ikast Winter Cubing 2023: 7.19Aarhus Spring 2023: 6.57Danish Championship 2023: 5.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.37Danish Championship 2024: 6.47Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 6.00Sydals Open 2025: 6.64Danish Championship 2025: 6.97Aarhus Winter 2026: 6.05Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 6.325.7110.188 Oct 202128 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.