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Marc Mariano

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014MARI11

Marc Mariano has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at A Bruin Cube Day 2022, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,215th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2014, he has put 211 official solves on the record across six 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 18.88 in November 2014 to 8.58, a 55% improvement. Marc has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.58
signature single · A Bruin Cube Day 2022
211
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.589.49
top 3.9%2,215 / 59,724
2×22.363.77
top 7.6%2,991 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.687.07
top 17.6%4,676 / 28,708
Skewb6.067.75
top 26.2%4,262 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed23.3430.01
top 29.7%3,846 / 15,683
4×456.621:07.50
top 32.6%5,189 / 19,072

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

BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 18.88Berkeley Fall 2014: 18.50BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 13.69SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 14.53Berkeley Summer 2015: 12.30Berkeley Fall 2015: 11.27Berkeley Winter 2016: 11.10Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 9.64Berkeley Summer 2016: 9.82San Ramon 2017: 9.31A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 8.588.5818.882 Nov 20148 May 2022

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.

  • Riley Woo — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tyler Howlett — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Ty Marshall — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.