People · United States
Maren LaForte
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012LAFO01
Maren LaForte has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.31, set at Cubetcha 2018, puts her 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 20 competitions since June 2012, she has put 792 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.31 in June 2012 to 7.31, a 58% improvement. Maren has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.49 | top 1.7% | 1,032 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 31.77 | 36.88 | top 4.0% | 642 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.17 | 7.41 | top 4.2% | 1,119 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.16 | 1:05.98 | top 5.6% | 459 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.98 | top 6.8% | 2,687 / 40,951 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.05 | 2:03.74 | top 7.6% | 262 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.81 | 18.92 | top 7.7% | 1,035 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:04.22 | 3:09.35 | top 11.7% | 320 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.28 | 1:27.53 | top 20.7% | 1,425 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 10.89 | 14.70 | top 29.6% | 2,308 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 24.13 | 31.60 | top 37.1% | 2,416 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Mini Minnesota Fall 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Big N Blind Minnesota 2018.
- 9 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018.
- 10 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Mega Minnesota Winter 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Cubetcha 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Six personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2016.
Competitions
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Mini Minnesota Fall 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Coach Pigeon 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Big N Blind Minnesota 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2018 · 12 May 2018
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- North Iowa 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2013 · 5 Oct 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Winona Open 2013 · 27 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests 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 her.
- Walker Welch — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
- Christopher Olson — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
Targets move as she improves.