People · Dominican Republic
Marco Jose Mercedes
2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MERC03
Marco Jose Mercedes has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Santo Domingo Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the Dominican Republic. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2016, he has put 601 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.86 in January 2016 to 7.28, an 83% improvement. Marco has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Dominican Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.14 | 2.00 | top 0.87% | 1 / 312 | |
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.26 | top 1.7% | 5 / 588 | |
| 4×4 | 34.29 | 38.02 | top 6.1% | 7 / 136 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.62 | 21.57 | top 9.4% | 11 / 151 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 11.32 | top 19.5% | 16 / 81 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.07 | 13.45 | top 28.4% | 43 / 192 | |
| Square-1 | 24.85 | 32.04 | top 38.8% | 10 / 43 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Winter 2026.
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Summer 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Santo Domingo Summer 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Summer 2023.
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Winter 2020.
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at A Cubear Con Puzzlemania 2019.
Competitions
- Santo Domingo Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Santo Domingo Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Otoño 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2019 · 20 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- A Cubear Con Puzzlemania 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing RD 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Santiago Summer 2018 · 22 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SD Winter 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Back 2 Santiago 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Santo Domingo 2017 · 5 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Spring 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- De Cabeza en 360 2016 · 16 Jan 2016
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.
- Raimy Marte — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Emil Francisco Solano Gil — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Amaury Miguel Caballero — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.