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Marco Iván Olea

2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014OLEA01

Marco Iván Olea has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Fénix 2014, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,749th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2014, he has put 142 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Marco has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.56
signature single · Fénix 2014
142
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.563.63
top 9.5%3,749 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.585.93
top 10.7%2,793 / 28,708
3×311.7413.09
top 13.0%6,959 / 59,724
4×441.2545.53
top 13.6%2,029 / 19,072
Megaminx1:06.431:14.29
top 13.6%923 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed20.4931.78
top 21.8%2,805 / 15,683
5×51:33.691:39.36
top 30.4%2,403 / 9,401
6×63:04.193:16.63
top 43.1%1,598 / 4,196
7×74:48.605:05.85
early days — 3 solves1,373 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded4:11.31
early days — 2 solves1,473 / 2,092

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

Fénix 2014: 2.56Demente Querétaro Open 2014: 2.782.562.7829 Mar 201431 Oct 2014

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.