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Emanuel Marques

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018MARQ02

Emanuel Marques has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at Almourol Riverside 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Portugal. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2018, he has put 554 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.33 in April 2018 to 10.71, a 34% improvement. Emanuel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.71
signature single · Almourol Riverside 2026
554
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×310.7112.87
top 9.6%56 / 547
4×438.2239.75
top 10.0%25 / 223
2×22.994.29
top 14.1%65 / 417
Pyraminx5.407.24
top 15.8%55 / 262
Skewb5.7410.23
top 23.8%56 / 175
5×51:28.531:35.82
top 26.1%23 / 110
Clock11.1211.77
top 30.7%44 / 122
6×62:45.002:54.29
top 33.5%15 / 40
Megaminx1:39.481:50.93
top 34.3%33 / 111
3×3 one-handed25.7229.83
top 36.1%53 / 161
Square-124.1629.39
top 37.2%39 / 96
7×74:24.644:31.56
top 39.3%14 / 38
3×3 blindfolded2:22.573:00.95
top 41.0%17 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve27 / 35

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

Lisboa Open 2018: 16.33Azeméis Open 2023: 12.05Alter do Chão Open 2024: 13.33Portugal Championship 2024: 11.95Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 10.99CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 11.63Cubing in Venteira 2025: 11.23Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 12.32AEO Moliceiro Open 2026: 12.12CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 12.41Almourol Riverside 2026: 10.7110.7116.3328 Apr 201827 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.