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Marcus Chiang

3×3 · top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022CHIA08

Marcus Chiang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.02, set at Utah Valley Open 2023, puts him in the top 21.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,328th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since August 2022, he has put 128 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.74 in August 2022 to 14.02, a 46% improvement. Marcus has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.02
signature single · Utah Valley Open 2023
128
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0217.57
top 21.0%11,328 / 59,724
2×26.037.38
top 51.2%20,852 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed47.03
top 73.8%10,693 / 15,683

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

Irvine Summer 2022: 25.74Utah Championship 2022: 21.52Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 20.34Utah Megacomp 2023: 20.87Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 15.99Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 18.42Utah Summer Side Events A 2023: 14.57CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.94Back to School Utah 2023: 15.52Utah Valley Open 2023: 14.02Utah Championship 2023: 16.46Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 16.82Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 15.20Utah Newcomers 2024: 16.7314.0225.7428 Aug 202216 Mar 2024

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.

  • Isaac Myers — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Samuel Baird — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Cade Beck — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.