People · United States
Marcus Ho
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016HOMA02
Marcus Ho has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.15, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,730th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2016, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.53 in May 2016 to 8.15, a 51% improvement. Marcus has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.15 | 10.02 | top 3.1% | 1,730 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.15 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 10.40 | 16.21 | top 57.4% | 10,476 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.24 | 17.81 | top 62.2% | 18,316 / 28,708 |
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
- 27 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 22 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.82 at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017.
- 21 May 2016First competition: Big Apple Spring 2016. A 16.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Winter 2018 · 4 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016
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.
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Daniel Goodman — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- AJ Kamal — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.