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Marcus Arellano

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017AREL01

Marcus Arellano has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2017, he has put 288 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.68 in September 2017 to 8.20, a 60% improvement. Marcus has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.20
signature single · Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018
288
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.2010.24
top 3.1%306 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed13.8320.82
top 5.8%130 / 2,440
2×22.273.82
top 6.8%249 / 4,257
4×438.3242.30
top 10.1%250 / 2,135
Pyraminx6.008.01
top 20.0%530 / 2,621
Skewb5.507.93
top 22.0%343 / 1,320
5×51:44.111:53.57
top 38.4%444 / 928
Megaminx4:57.52
early days — 2 solves667 / 690

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

Goldenfields Open 2017: 20.68Bacolod Big Cubes Open 2017: 13.46Iloilo Speedcubing Open 2017: 12.74Visayas Championship 2018: 10.75Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018: 10.70Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018: 8.20Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 9.93City Of Love Open 2019: 9.098.2020.6810 Sep 201717 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.