People · United States
Marcos Herrera
3×3 · top 6.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018HERR02
Marcos Herrera has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,442nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 121 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.11 in January 2018 to 9.49, a 62% improvement. Marcos has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.49 | 13.05 | top 6.1% | 3,442 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 49.18 | 52.97 | top 23.8% | 3,675 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.79 | 10.80 | top 34.5% | 9,880 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.23 | 8.58 | top 35.6% | 6,106 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.42 | 3:28.54 | early days — 3 solves | 1,731 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.84 | 2:08.81 | top 46.3% | 3,484 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 4:53.66 | 5:17.59 | early days — 3 solves | 1,443 / 3,236 | |
| 2×2 | 6.83 | 9.55 | top 59.1% | 24,637 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.75 | 46.46 | top 63.6% | 9,102 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.44 | 3:11.55 | top 65.1% | 5,755 / 9,537 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026.
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026.
- 22 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.41 at Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026.
- 11 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.93 at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018First competition: Thanks Four The Invite 2018. A 25.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Thanks Four The Invite 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Woytowitz — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Fong — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 9.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.