People · United States
Marcus Daniel Shirk
3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHIR05
Marcus Daniel Shirk has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.31, set at Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,002nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 96 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.39 in April 2018 to 12.31, a 33% improvement. Marcus has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.31 | 15.69 | top 15.0% | 8,002 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 59.00 | 1:06.89 | top 35.4% | 5,700 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.52 | 1:57.93 | top 39.5% | 3,184 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.45 | 35.12 | top 40.5% | 5,417 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.35 | 6.09 | top 43.6% | 17,579 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.55 | 2:27.38 | top 54.0% | 4,057 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 11.60 | 15.06 | top 64.0% | 11,890 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.73 | 4:26.28 | top 66.3% | 2,572 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:32.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,338 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 1:15.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,195 / 6,743 |
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
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Terminus 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Dunwoody Day Bash 2019.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Rocket City 3.0 2018. A 18.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dunwoody Day Bash 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Rocket City 3.0 2018 · 21 Apr 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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vishwa Sankar — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.