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Marcus Kane
2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KANE01
Marcus Kane has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at SCC Winter 2018, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,207th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2017, he has put 590 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.50 in January 2017 to 1.69, a 77% improvement. Marcus has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 3.25 | top 3.1% | 1,207 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 12.13 | top 5.4% | 3,056 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 7.82 | top 7.5% | 1,182 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 9.53 | top 18.1% | 4,895 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.51 | 29.22 | top 33.0% | 4,374 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 22.41 | 37.15 | top 33.4% | 2,198 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.11 | 1:07.03 | top 37.8% | 6,177 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:15.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,709 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 31.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,911 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:43.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,127 / 8,026 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Sioux Fall 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Winter 2019.
- 20 Jan 2018Five personal bests in one day at SCC Winter 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at North Iowa 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Five personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2017.
Competitions
- North Liberty 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- West Branch Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Virtual Cubing 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Day 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Respect Kansas 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Summer 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubeIowa 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- North Iowa 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- KCubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- South Omaha Speedsolve 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrs Mixup Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Kucala — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.