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Marcus Malapanes

2×2 · top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MALA02

Marcus Malapanes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.30, set at Husky Showdown 2018, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,066th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 140 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.25 in August 2017 to 17.76, a 41% improvement. Marcus has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.30
signature single · Husky Showdown 2018
140
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.307.58
top 30.3%12,066 / 40,951
3×317.7622.92
top 33.4%18,520 / 59,724
Skewb7.0111.05
top 33.7%5,671 / 18,907
Pyraminx8.5111.43
top 40.6%11,638 / 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

Michigan 2017: 30.25ChicaGhosts 2017: 20.10SCC Winter 2018: 21.22Husky Showdown 2018: 22.10Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 17.76Upstate Cubing 2018: 23.90CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 24.24CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 20.80Michigan 2018: 22.5517.7630.2519 Aug 201710 Aug 2018

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.