People · Germany
Thore Freihold
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024FREI04
Thore Freihold has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Teublitz Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2024, he has put 122 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.16 in March 2024 to 8.88, a 37% improvement. Thore has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.88 | 10.18 | top 4.6% | 250 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 4.74 | top 25.3% | 876 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.24 | 26.12 | top 32.3% | 427 / 1,328 | |
| Skewb | 10.90 | 14.47 | top 60.3% | 796 / 1,192 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at Stevenage July 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024. A 14.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Teublitz Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Finn Comerford — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Johanna Szczesny — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.