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Marco Chapinal

3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020CHAP04

Marco Chapinal has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Leuven Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Belgium. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2020, he has put 339 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in February 2020 to 10.08, a 36% improvement. Marco has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.08
signature single · Leuven Open 2024
339
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×310.0811.80
top 7.7%97 / 1,094
4×438.5045.20
top 10.3%38 / 459
2×22.673.65
top 10.6%108 / 777
Skewb4.577.97
top 15.0%66 / 394
5×51:23.271:30.19
top 21.8%45 / 246
Pyraminx6.268.36
top 21.9%158 / 589
3×3 one-handed22.2232.78
top 26.7%73 / 314
6×65:42.73
early days — 1 solve99 / 119

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

Annuntia Open 2020: 15.63Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 10.41Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 12.27Wommelgem Open 2023: 10.44Visé Sunday Open 2023: 11.35Belgian Nationals 2023: 10.85Leuven Open 2024: 10.08Wommelgem Open 2024: 10.26Belgian Nationals 2024: 10.49Visé Sunday Open 2025: 10.9610.0815.6315 Feb 202014 Sep 2025

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 0.08 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.