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Marco Montalvo

3×3 · top 35.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019MONT14

Marco Montalvo has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.59, set at Berkeley Fall 2019, puts him in the top 35.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,140th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2019, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.54 in June 2019 to 18.59, a 24% improvement. Marco has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.9% of 284,439 all-time
18.59
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2019
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.5931.02
top 35.9%20,140 / 59,724
2×211.1615.12
top 82.0%34,020 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:13.65
early days — 2 solves13,838 / 15,683
Pyraminx25.12
early days — 3 solves28,126 / 28,708
Skewb31.7736.52
top 97.6%18,637 / 18,907

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 24.54Berkeley Fall 2019: 18.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 29.8618.5929.861 Jun 201921 Dec 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.59 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.