People · Iran
Kevin Marcalian (کوین مارکالیان)
Megaminx · top 4.5% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MARC23
Kevin Marcalian (کوین مارکالیان) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 48.54, set at Big and Blind YSU 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Iran. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2017, he has put 210 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.00 in March 2018 to 9.01, a 31% improvement. Kevin 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 | Iran | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 48.54 | 54.15 | top 4.5% | 4 / 72 | |
| 3×3 | 9.01 | 10.23 | top 4.9% | 60 / 1,569 | |
| 4×4 | 38.82 | 42.98 | top 10.7% | 31 / 295 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.65 | 1:23.31 | top 12.8% | 16 / 140 | |
| Skewb | 4.89 | 8.25 | top 17.3% | 24 / 152 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.43 | top 21.3% | 163 / 856 | |
| 7×7 | 4:51.55 | 5:52.32 | top 48.2% | 13 / 28 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 45.00 | top 48.3% | 27 / 55 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.49 | 3:50.20 | early days — 3 solves | 21 / 34 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Caucasus Open 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Big and Blind YSU 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Yerevan Open 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Yerevan Open 2023.
- 9 Dec 2017First competition: FMC Asia 2017.
Competitions
- Masiv Cubing 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Caucasus Open 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Big and Blind YSU 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Armenian Open 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brusov Side Events 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yerevan Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Chekaad Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Aftab Cubing Days 2018 · 15 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
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.
- Grigor Shahverdyan — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Mikhail Nikitin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Eduard Hakobyan — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 8.54 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.