People · United States
Desmond Mar
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MARD02
Desmond Mar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,749th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 198 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.08 in March 2024 to 8.98, a 36% improvement. Desmond has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 13.05 | top 4.8% | 2,749 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 6.59 | top 10.9% | 2,887 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 43.06 | 49.88 | top 15.9% | 2,442 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.92 | 1:42.73 | top 23.7% | 1,673 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 3.84 | 4.74 | top 24.5% | 9,736 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.52 | 1:42.13 | top 27.8% | 2,210 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.69 | 35.97 | top 46.0% | 6,336 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 8.85 | 11.93 | top 47.5% | 8,534 / 19,164 | |
| 7×7 | 4:59.27 | 5:18.06 | top 50.5% | 1,499 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.81 | 3:46.77 | early days — 3 solves | 2,071 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,431 / 6,846 |
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
- 23 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubeChella 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Nub Open Yucaipa 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Los Angeles Newcomers 2024. A 14.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeChella 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 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.
- August Barnard — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.