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Marcus Zook

2×2 · top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ZOOK02

Marcus Zook has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 390th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2023, he has put 705 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.87 in March 2023 to 6.81, a 23% improvement. Marcus has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time
1.16
signature single · Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025
705
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.161.96
top 0.92%390 / 40,951
3×36.818.75
top 1.1%706 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.274.14
top 1.6%432 / 28,708
Square-18.3611.02
top 3.5%261 / 6,743
Skewb2.713.98
top 3.7%575 / 18,907
4×431.7635.20
top 4.0%641 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed13.5416.24
top 5.3%753 / 15,683
Clock5.487.43
top 5.7%440 / 8,927
Megaminx52.0459.43
top 6.0%430 / 7,841
5×51:01.861:05.90
top 6.5%531 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves34.67
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
6×62:19.862:25.49
top 20.4%716 / 4,196
7×73:36.623:52.11
top 22.1%632 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:42.04—
early days — 1 solve1,013 / 2,092

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

Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 8.87CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 8.01Algs in Ankeny 2024: 8.09Missouri Championship 2024: 8.11Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024: 6.81Kansas City Side Events 2025: 7.98Algs in Ankeny 2025: 8.04Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025: 8.55Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025: 7.10Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026: 6.81CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 7.666.818.8731 Mar 202322 May 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.