People · Australia
Marcus Chen
3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CHEN98
Marcus Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.88, set at Simple Sydney Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,193rd in Australia. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 202 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.19 in November 2022 to 11.88, a 27% improvement. Marcus has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 16.87 | top 13.5% | 1,193 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.29 | 5.92 | top 30.2% | 2,346 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.45 | 9.96 | top 31.6% | 1,665 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.11 | 1:12.72 | top 39.7% | 1,057 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 8.89 | 13.66 | top 47.7% | 1,512 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,641 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 914 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.82 | — | top 78.0% | 1,116 / 1,356 |
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 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Maitland Spring 2022. A 16.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maitland Spring 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liam Highducheck — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Adams — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.