People · Bolivia
Marcelo Lara Llanos
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LLAN01
Marcelo Lara Llanos has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Chapacos Cuberos 2023, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Bolivia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2016, he has put 612 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.15 in August 2016 to 9.47, a 61% improvement. Marcelo has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bolivia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.96 | top 6.0% | 89 / 2,776 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.66 | top 6.5% | 73 / 1,269 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.99 | 8.05 | top 7.6% | 51 / 938 | |
| 4×4 | 36.81 | 45.12 | top 8.5% | 43 / 504 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.02 | 1:24.67 | top 19.1% | 43 / 220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.37 | 30.19 | top 32.5% | 147 / 425 | |
| Skewb | 10.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 134 / 257 |
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
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Chapacos Cuberos 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bolivia Nationals 2023.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.41 at Too Much Cubing 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.04 at Too Much Cubing 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Edmonton Limited Summer 2016. A 25.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- USFA Challenge 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gauss Cubing LP 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Primavera Paceña 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chapacos Cuberos 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bolivia Nationals 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Jach'a Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Cocha Cubing 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- San Rafael 50 Aniversario 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bolivia Nationals 2018 · 5 Jul 2018
- LP Cube Battle 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Univalle Big Cubes 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Speed in Colors 2018 · 19 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ekeko Rubik 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cube 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- DiabloRubik 2017 · 12 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yo Rubik 2.0 S-C 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Punata Open 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Metal Rubik Core 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Univalle Spring 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Winter 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 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.
- Daniel C. Bedoya — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Rodrigo Ugarte — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Alejandro Marze Rossel — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.