People · Peru
Marden Gonzales
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024GONZ39
Marden Gonzales has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.76, set at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Peru. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2024, he has put 279 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in June 2024 to 7.76, a 39% improvement. Marden has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.76 | 9.46 | top 2.4% | 72 / 4,344 | |
| Clock | 5.12 | 5.85 | top 4.7% | 7 / 139 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.00 | top 6.0% | 159 / 2,419 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.72 | 20.30 | top 9.6% | 127 / 812 | |
| Square-1 | 53.19 | 1:03.55 | top 78.9% | 135 / 139 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival IV 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: PUCP Cubing Festival I 2024. A 13.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Steel's Cubes Lima 2026 · 23 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival VII 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima V 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- PUCP Cubing Festival IV 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- PUCP Cubing Festival lll 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Open PUCP Cubing Community 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival I 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alonzo Sanchez Arica — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.