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Marcus Zook

2×2 · top 0.93% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ZOOK02

Marcus Zook has been competing for 4 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 0.93% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 396th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, he has put 833 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 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 twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.93% of 189,179 all-time
1.16
signature single · Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025
833
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.161.86
top 0.93%396 / 41,674
3×36.818.75
top 1.1%726 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.274.14
top 1.7%436 / 29,168
Skewb2.373.91
top 2.4%369 / 19,164
Square-18.3611.02
top 3.5%265 / 6,846
4×431.7635.20
top 4.1%654 / 19,354
Clock5.076.44
top 4.6%373 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed13.5416.24
top 5.4%769 / 15,900
Megaminx52.0459.43
top 6.1%443 / 8,026
5×51:01.551:05.90
top 6.5%532 / 9,537
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves34.67
top 20.4%450 / 2,059
6×62:19.652:25.49
top 20.5%727 / 4,262
7×73:36.623:52.11
top 22.2%640 / 3,236
3×3 blindfolded2:34.77—
top 44.9%979 / 2,128

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: 7.66Iowa Championship 2026: 8.536.818.8731 Mar 202319 Sep 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.