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Marco Mendoza

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008MEND04

Marco Mendoza has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Arizona Winter 2012, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,491st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2008, he has put 1,013 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 23.50 in November 2008 to 9.58, a 59% improvement. Marco has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.58
signature single · Arizona Winter 2012
1,013
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.5811.45
top 6.3%3,491 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.7218.03
top 7.5%1,007 / 15,683
4×445.3352.37
top 18.7%2,832 / 19,072
2×23.384.79
top 18.7%7,342 / 40,951
5×51:56.652:13.11
top 47.2%3,927 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:58.11—
early days — 1 solve1,633 / 2,092
6×65:53.28—
early days — 2 solves3,726 / 4,196

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

Caltech Fall 2008: 23.50Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 18.63San Diego Science Festival 2009: 15.78Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 15.53San Diego Open 2009: 13.83Nisei Week Open 2009: 14.27Caltech Fall competition 2009: 14.40Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 14.50Bayview Hills Open 2010: 12.23Caltech Winter 2010: 12.13Moose Lodge 2010: 12.25Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 13.66San Diego Open 2010: 12.08United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 12.08Nisei Week Open 2010: 12.30Marymount Open 2010: 12.11Caltech Fall 2010: 11.68Caltech Winter 2011: 11.14Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 10.69Caltech Spring 2011: 9.81San Diego 2011: 10.68Arizona Open 2011: 9.80Caltech Fall 2011: 11.59Arizona Showdown 2011: 11.27Caltech Winter 2012: 10.05Caltech Spring 2012: 10.41Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 10.80United States National Championships 2012: 12.15Diamond Bar Open 2012: 10.29Caltech Fall Open 2012: 11.94Arizona Winter 2012: 9.58Caltech Spring Open 2013: 11.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.57Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 10.86Caltech Fall Open 2013: 10.94Caltech Winter Open 2014: 12.91Nisei Week 2014: 11.13Nisei Week 2015: 10.68Nisei Week 2017: 12.169.5823.5022 Nov 200819 Aug 2017

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 1.58 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.