People · United States
Marcus Tran
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019TRAN15
Marcus Tran has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.31, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,032nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2019, he has put 461 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.31 in September 2019 to 7.31, a 64% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.31 | 8.55 | top 1.7% | 1,032 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 2.85 | top 1.8% | 721 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.90 | 14.80 | top 4.3% | 626 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 11.68 | 14.54 | top 9.2% | 659 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 6.85 | top 14.5% | 3,796 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 43.61 | 52.36 | top 16.5% | 2,510 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 8.72 | top 22.4% | 3,573 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.69 | — | top 40.8% | 2,960 / 7,841 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 27 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring 2022.
- 16 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.96 at Empire State Winter B 2022.
- 16 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Empire State Winter B 2022.
- 15 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Constitution State Winter 2020.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Springfield Cube Day 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cardinal Cube Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lex-side-ton 2023 · 2 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter B 2022 · 16 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Constitution State Winter 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
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.
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Derek White — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Levi Gibson — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.