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Marcus Kamen

Pyraminx · top 0.072% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015KAME02

Marcus Kamen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025, puts him in the top 0.072% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the United States. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 137 competitions since March 2015, he has put 5,998 official solves on the record across 15 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 16.58 in March 2015 to 5.96, a 64% improvement. Marcus has entered 137 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.072% of 129,321 all-time
1.09
signature single · Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025
5,998
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 standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.091.76
top 0.072%28 / 28,708
3×35.967.80
top 0.46%304 / 59,724
2×21.122.14
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
Skewb2.284.03
top 2.2%319 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed12.2414.34
top 3.3%505 / 15,683
4×431.2138.16
top 3.6%580 / 19,072
Clock6.348.26
top 8.5%662 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.00
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
5×51:13.981:22.32
top 14.5%1,119 / 9,401
Megaminx1:10.301:16.44
top 15.8%1,076 / 7,841
Square-120.6925.92
top 29.5%1,918 / 6,743
6×62:50.872:56.63
top 36.5%1,317 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded2:19.722:45.61
top 39.9%843 / 2,092
7×74:46.754:54.54
top 46.7%1,357 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 17:11—
early days — 1 solve546 / 731

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

Lawrence Spring 2015: 16.58Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 15.23Clock N' Stuff 2015: 16.53Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 13.96Dixon Summer 2015: 12.22Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 14.53Music City Winter 2016: 14.40Dixon Winter 2016: 14.81For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 14.13US Nationals 2016: 13.89Wiscube 2016: 14.17Dallas Fall 2016: 13.54Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 11.75Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 12.61Cat and Mouse 2017: 12.76South Texas Open 2017: 12.02SCC Summer 2017: 11.28CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.13Wake Up Late 2017: 10.77September Speedcubing 2017: 10.88ChicaGhosts 2017: 9.65Second Annual Rexburg Open 2017: 11.17Wildcat Holiday 2017: 10.02Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 11.39Grind City 2018: 9.91Elk Cubing 2018: 9.21Santa Fe Spring 2018: 8.79Shaker Spring 2018: 9.06Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 8.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 9.39Colorado Qualifier 2018: 8.08Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 8.99CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.32BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 8.25MIT Fall 2018: 8.80South Texas Open 2018: 9.87Hawaii 2018: 7.59UBC Open 2019: 8.31Virtual Cubing 2019: 8.49The Last Frontier Open 2019: 9.62CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 9.00Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 9.04Warm Up Sydney 2019: 10.34WCA World Championship 2019: 8.64CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.49Denver Back to School 2019: 8.74Lake Country Fall 2019: 7.87Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019: 9.03Mississippi Capstone 2019: 9.19Wiscube 2019: 6.17No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 9.71Olde Town Parker 2020: 8.99Cubing Is A Sport Frisco AM 2021: 9.69GA Cubers Return B 2021: 8.60Idaho Summer A 2021: 7.50Wyoming Summer 2021: 8.84SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 7.27Rocky Top 2021: 8.77Sioux Falls Winter 2021: 6.99Gem City 2022: 7.75NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 8.52Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 8.42Country Roads Huntington 2022: 7.39Wyoming Summer 2022: 8.44Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.29CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 8.60BeCubed Summer 2022: 7.82Maine Fall 2022: 7.84Crystal City Fall 2022: 8.35Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 7.47Puzzling in Providence 2023: 7.66Music City Speedsolving 2023: 7.79Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023: 8.64AL Cubers Warm Up 2023: 8.56The Legacy Begins 2023: 7.84FargoDome 2023: 8.15Wilmington Warmup 2023: 7.61Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 6.88CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 8.29Hobcaw Cubing 2023: 7.81CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.45Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 7.97Vermont Cubikon 2023: 7.56Hudson Valley 2023: 6.64Baton Rouge Winter 2024: 8.12GCU Winter 2024: 8.89TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 6.67Vanderbilt Spring 2024: 8.29Arizona Championship 2024: 7.69Council Bluffs Cubing Buff 2024: 5.96Concord Summer 2024: 6.48Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024: 7.56Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.38Solving at Sycamore TN 2024: 7.72Texas Championship 2024: 7.50Space City Winter TX 2025: 6.37Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 7.32Tivat Open 2025: 7.50Santpedor Open 2025: 7.01Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.11Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 7.39Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 7.45Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 6.52Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 7.68Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 7.48Houston Back to School 2025: 7.51DFW Back to School 2025: 7.84Puerto Rico Open 2025: 6.73Space City Fall TX 2025: 7.69Arkansolve Fall 2025: 6.43Texas Championship 2025: 6.73Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025: 7.15Naperville Gray Skies 2026: 8.00OKC Unorthodox Blocks Winter 2026: 7.12Vanderbilt Winter 2026: 6.96Wichita Art Museum 2026: 7.92Guam Open 2026: 7.25Saipan Open 2026: 7.43Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026: 7.64Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 6.18Apex Algs Again 2026: 7.30GAN Southern Championship 2026: 7.42Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.48Fort Payne Summer 2026: 7.865.9616.5828 Mar 201522 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.