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Mark Aeron Santos

3×3 · top 0.87% of 288,433 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 0.87% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in the Philippines. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2017, he has put 652 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 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 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.87% of 288,433 all-time
6.51
signature single · Central Luzon Championship 2024
652
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.518.56
top 0.87%79 / 6,429
4×426.2430.99
top 1.1%23 / 2,174
5×548.8553.24
top 1.5%16 / 943
3×3 one-handed11.1414.90
top 2.0%45 / 2,491
6×61:51.682:00.31
top 7.9%27 / 303
Megaminx57.901:02.02
top 8.9%65 / 700
7×72:55.893:03.50
top 9.4%34 / 278
2×22.864.92
top 12.7%548 / 4,353
Skewb4.446.80
top 14.1%209 / 1,346
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.5%38 / 191
Clock13.2817.39
top 40.9%264 / 543
3×3 blindfolded2:31.54—
early days — 2 solves126 / 280
Pyraminx10.0612.19
top 53.5%1,596 / 2,661

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: 7.69G Perms in Gapan 2026: 9.44San Joseño Skewb September 2026: 7.886.519.4420 Jan 201826 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.