People · Croatia
Anto Markanović
Square-1 · top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MARK07
Anto Markanović has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Croatian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Croatia. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2022, he has put 488 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.16 in September 2022 to 2.23, a 46% improvement. Anto has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.68 | 13.95 | top 4.0% | 3 / 48 | |
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 11.54 | top 4.9% | 23 / 360 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.05 | 21.07 | top 6.2% | 6 / 97 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.28 | top 6.5% | 26 / 275 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.03 | top 8.5% | 23 / 201 | |
| Clock | 6.81 | 8.58 | top 10.3% | 9 / 59 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.39 | 1:13.50 | top 13.6% | 13 / 56 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 6.88 | top 14.2% | 26 / 119 | |
| 4×4 | 43.66 | 51.97 | top 16.6% | 24 / 154 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.17 | 1:46.63 | top 34.7% | 26 / 67 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:35.39 | — | top 75.4% | 17 / 19 | |
| 7×7 | 7:12.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 21 / 23 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Zagreb Open 2026.
- 30 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Zagreb Open 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Croatian Championship 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Croatian Championship 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Banja Luka Open 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ogulin Open 2024.
Competitions
- Zagreb Cubing Series II. 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Zagreb Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Varaždin Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Croatian Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to Banja Luka 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Osijek Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Banja Luka Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Croatian Championship 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Open 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ogulin Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Osijek Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Zvornik Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Croatian Nationals 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Banja Luka Cube Day 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Cube Day 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- David Vujasić — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Matej Brkić — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Marko Obradović — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.