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Marcelo Martínez

3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017MART09

Marcelo Martínez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at Tabacundo Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Ecuador. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2017, he has put 391 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.58 in February 2017 to 10.26, an 18% improvement. Marcelo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.26
signature single · Tabacundo Open 2018
391
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
3×310.2613.11
top 8.2%71 / 1,104
2×22.535.11
top 9.2%58 / 686
3×3 one-handed17.3822.60
top 13.5%32 / 243
4×447.2653.26
top 21.1%62 / 272
5×52:00.092:04.50
top 49.3%64 / 108
6×64:36.64
early days — 1 solve38 / 42

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

First Ecuador Open 2017: 12.58Imbabura Open 2017: 11.30Tulcan Open 2018: 11.03Tabacundo Open 2018: 10.26Ibarra Open 2018: 12.94Ibarra Open 2019: 13.24Ibarra Open 2022: 11.66Imbabura Open 2023: 13.03UTN Ibarra Open 2023: 12.06Cuenca Cubea 2023: 12.88UTN Ibarra Open 2024: 11.54UTN Open 2026: 12.42Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026: 14.3210.2614.3211 Feb 20175 Sep 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.