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Marcel Ručigaj

2×2 · top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016RUCI01

Marcel Ručigaj has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at Hungarian Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Slovenia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 92 competitions since April 2016, he has put 5,092 official solves on the record across 17 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 15.47 in April 2016 to 6.18, a 60% improvement. Marcel has entered 92 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time
0.75
signature single · Hungarian Open 2023
5,092
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 standingSlovenia
2×20.751.67
top 0.17%2 / 332
3×36.187.90
top 0.6%4 / 381
3×3 one-handed10.4714.22
top 1.4%1 / 138
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves27.33
top 1.5%1 / 36
4×427.8831.63
top 1.7%3 / 176
Pyraminx2.473.80
top 2.1%14 / 233
3×3 blindfolded27.6138.83
top 3.6%2 / 28
Megaminx46.8652.56
top 3.8%6 / 82
5×557.431:05.84
top 4.3%4 / 96
Square-19.4411.67
top 5.2%4 / 59
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 17 cubes · 54:14—
top 8.3%2 / 13
6×61:53.072:01.29
top 8.4%3 / 43
Skewb3.736.47
top 9.1%19 / 155
7×73:04.973:15.59
top 11.9%4 / 41
4×4 blindfolded5:04.525:35.15
top 22.3%2 / 6
Clock11.1914.09
top 31.0%35 / 73
5×5 blindfolded18:45.00—
early days — 2 solves3 / 3

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

Slovenian Open 2016: 15.47Croatian Open 2016: 14.26Hungarian Open 2016: 13.77Ljubljana Open 2016: 12.65Banja Luka Open 2017: 10.76Slovenian Open 2017: 10.20Croatian Open 2017: 11.08Hungarian Open 2017: 10.22Ljubljana Open 2017: 8.75Ponikva Open 2018: 9.69Slovenia Nationals 2018: 9.42Banja Luka Open 2018: 8.47Croatian Open 2018: 7.67Hungarian Open 2018: 7.96Bački Petrovac Open 2018: 8.20Munich Open 2018: 8.64Ljubljana Open 2018: 8.53Austrian Open 2019: 7.85Osijek Open 2019: 7.94Slovenian Nationals 2019: 8.68Zagreb Cube Day 2019: 8.54Banja Luka Open 2019: 9.09Hungarian Open 2019: 7.38Prebold Open 2019: 7.80Sarajevo Open 2019: 9.33Italian Championship 2019: 8.30Ljubljana Open 2019: 8.16Osijek Open 2020: 8.69Novi Sad Autumn 2021: 7.29Ponikva Open 2022: 8.36Banja Luka Open 2022: 7.74Speedcubing Slovakia 2022: 7.79Slovenian Nationals 2022: 6.25Vienna Open 2022: 7.18Budapest ReOpen 2022: 6.65Novi Sad Winter 2022: 7.87Osijek Open 2023: 7.30Ponikva Open 2023: 7.58Serbian Championship 2023: 7.74Zreče Open 2023: 8.35Ogulin Open 2023: 7.24Slovenian Nationals 2023: 7.47Slovak Nationals 2023: 7.84BMME 3x3 Day 2023: 7.27Croatian Nationals 2023: 7.53Balkan Open 2023: 7.73Hungarian Open 2023: 6.27Medvode Open 2023: 6.18Italian Championship 2023: 7.41Lipovljani Newcomer Day 2024: 7.80Ponikva Open 2024: 8.00Serbian Championship 2024: 7.61Ogulin Open 2024: 7.75Maribor Open 2024: 7.44Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 6.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.52Slovenian Nationals 2024: 6.87Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 7.75Belgian Nationals 2024: 7.92Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 6.56Zadar Open 2025: 7.36Trebelno Open 2025: 8.10Slovenian Nationals 2025: 7.88Croatian Championship 2025: 7.12Hungarian Open 2025: 8.38Medvode Open 2025: 7.20Varaždin Open 2025: 7.05Prlekija Open 2026: 6.61Maribor Open 2026: 7.67Novo mesto Open 2026: 6.22Slovenian Nationals 2026: 7.736.1815.472 Apr 201628 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.