People · New Zealand
Marcus Yu Ze Lee
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021LEEM02
Marcus Yu Ze Lee has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at Victorian Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2021, he has put 157 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in December 2021 to 8.57, a 38% improvement. Marcus has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 9.51 | top 3.9% | 110 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 3.84 | top 9.2% | 194 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.88 | 7.19 | top 12.4% | 173 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 44.83 | 57.23 | top 18.1% | 131 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.02 | 23.42 | top 23.3% | 134 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 8.63 | 12.62 | top 45.9% | 333 / 666 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 223 / 355 |
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
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.57 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Wonderful Williamstown 2022.
- 19 Dec 2021First competition: December Series: Kensington 2021. A 13.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021
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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.