People · United States
Marcus Tan
3×3 · top 32.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023TANM01
Marcus Tan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.47, set at Great Peconic Bay 2026, puts him in the top 32.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,321st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 83 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.97 in January 2023 to 17.47, a 40% improvement. Marcus has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 17.47 | 20.11 | top 32.6% | 18,321 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.90 | 6.45 | top 38.1% | 15,515 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.87 | 14.59 | top 43.7% | 12,739 / 29,168 |
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
- 17 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Great Peconic Bay 2026.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Troy Story 2023. A 28.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Great Peconic Bay 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- Wataru Hsiao — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Masaru Hsiao — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Justin Rose — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.