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Mark Aeron Santos

3×3 · top 0.86% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SANT67

Mark Aeron Santos has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.51, set at Central Luzon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.86% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in the Philippines. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2017, he has put 608 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.32 in January 2018 to 6.51, a 22% improvement. Mark has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.86% of 284,439 all-time
6.51
signature single · Central Luzon Championship 2024
608
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.518.56
top 0.86%78 / 6,270
4×426.2530.99
top 1.1%22 / 2,135
5×548.8553.24
top 1.5%16 / 928
3×3 one-handed11.1414.90
top 2.0%44 / 2,440
6×61:51.682:00.31
top 7.8%27 / 298
Megaminx57.901:02.02
top 8.9%64 / 690
7×72:55.893:03.50
top 9.4%34 / 275
2×22.864.92
top 12.7%535 / 4,257
Skewb4.446.80
top 14.0%208 / 1,320
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%38 / 189
Clock13.2817.39
top 40.8%261 / 534
3×3 blindfolded2:31.54—
early days — 2 solves124 / 274
Pyraminx10.0612.19
top 53.5%1,573 / 2,621

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

Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018: 8.32CaMaNaVa Open 2018: 8.41Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 8.08MnM Cube Cup 2024: 8.07Beginner's SampaLuck 2024: 7.06San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024: 9.33MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024: 7.45Valenzuela Cubing Open 2024: 8.81A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024: 8.09Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024: 7.93Central Luzon Championship 2024: 6.51Turn 'N Solve Bulacan 2024: 7.06Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025: 9.08Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025: 9.05Philippine Championship 2025: 8.88Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.62GANCUBE Puzzles in Pi Day Pampanga 2026: 7.68MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 7.696.519.3320 Jan 201827 Jun 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.