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Christopher James Marcial

3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017MARC03

Christopher James Marcial has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Davao Year End Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 702nd in the Philippines. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2017, he has put 164 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in February 2017 to 9.76, a 35% improvement. Christopher has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.76
signature single · Davao Year End Open 2017
164
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.7611.44
top 6.8%702 / 6,270
4×438.1547.75
top 9.9%238 / 2,135
2×23.356.30
top 18.4%837 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed19.3422.47
top 18.8%466 / 2,440

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

Panabo Speedcube Challenge 2017: 15.03Maxx Open 2017: 12.44Tagum City Open 2017: 11.35Mindanao Championships 2017: 10.15Davao Year End Open 2017: 9.76Mindanao Championships 2018: 10.809.7615.0326 Feb 201721 Apr 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.