People · Australia
Marcus Orton
3×3 · top 0.92% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024ORTO01
Marcus Orton has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.57, set at Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 104 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.18 in November 2024 to 6.57, a 35% improvement. Marcus has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.57 | 9.68 | top 0.92% | 103 / 11,943 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.40 | 1:17.07 | top 13.6% | 168 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 42.19 | 56.88 | top 14.8% | 379 / 3,108 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.99 | 8.63 | top 27.8% | 1,456 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.22 | 28.53 | top 32.2% | 740 / 2,685 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | 5.18 | top 33.6% | 2,685 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 12.06 | top 46.3% | 1,477 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:56.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 243 / 399 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 786 / 1,412 |
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
- 18 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025.
- 17 Nov 2024First competition: Sydney Spring Sunday 2024. A 11.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Elias Chong — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Cass Hopkins — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 6.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.