People · Mongolia
Manlai Erdene
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024ERDE08
Manlai Erdene has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Mongolian Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Mongolia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2024, he has put 144 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.88 in October 2024 to 2.56, a 48% improvement. Manlai has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mongolia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.66 | 11.76 | top 4.1% | 64 / 2,024 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 3.41 | top 9.6% | 74 / 1,734 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 7.51 | top 15.1% | 109 / 1,585 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 7.69 | top 19.7% | 48 / 331 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.45 | 1:13.46 | top 41.3% | 112 / 204 | |
| Clock | 14.01 | 17.56 | top 43.8% | 50 / 144 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.66 at Mongolian Open 2026.
- 17 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Songinokhairkhan Cup 2026.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.89 at Songinokhairkhan Cup 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Songinokhairkhan Cup 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: QY Mongolian Championship 2024. A 17.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mongolian Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ulaanbaatar Summer 2026 · 22 Jun 2026
- Songinokhairkhan Cup 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ulaanbaatar Summer 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Songinokhairkhan Cup 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- QY Mongolian Championship 2024 · 19 Oct 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.
- Margad Erdene — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Enkhbaatar Taivanjargal — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Bat-Erdene Tsog-Erdene — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.