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Marco Antonio Olivares Garcia

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016GARC32

Marco Antonio Olivares Garcia has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at SilencESFM 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since June 2016, he has put 669 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.05 in June 2016 to 8.73, a 52% improvement. Marco has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.73
signature single · SilencESFM 2025
669
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.7311.74
top 4.2%213 / 4,263
2×23.104.89
top 15.4%610 / 3,018
Pyraminx6.1811.19
top 21.3%533 / 2,003
Megaminx1:23.201:30.21
top 23.9%270 / 1,042
4×457.051:06.33
top 33.2%750 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed30.7038.56
top 48.2%882 / 1,672
5×52:40.12—
early days — 2 solves770 / 1,010
Clock37.41—
early days — 2 solves582 / 652

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

Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 18.05Weas México 2017: 16.34Roble Cubing Open 2019: 14.81Fénix México 2022: 11.13Minerva Open 2022: 10.97La Silla III 2022: 10.98Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 10.86Big Tunas 2023: 9.99Minerva Guadalajara 2023: 13.31IZcube 2023: 11.56TizaCubing 2023: 11.74CICEJ Guadalajara 2023: 11.02Volcano in Puebla 2023: 10.64Xalapeño Cube 2023: 12.10Bajío Open 2023: 11.29Mexican Championship 2023: 11.46Clockeborg 2024: 10.47 Vasconcubos 2024: 10.24Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 10.85Aragón Treasure 2024: 11.00D Amicis Puebla 2024: 10.36Kublördag Jönköping V - 2024: 9.60Kublördag Jönköping VI - 2024: 11.20Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 11.93Coacalcubo 2025: 11.45Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025: 11.05SilencESFM 2025: 8.73Jonsered Open 2026: 11.55Kublördag Jönköping XI - 2026: 9.64Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 9.038.7318.0525 Jun 20161 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.