People · China
Mark Bai
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BAIM01
Mark Bai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Guelph 2023, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,285th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in January 2023 to 13.19, a 28% improvement. Mark has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 5.21 | top 8.7% | 1,285 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 14.76 | top 18.1% | 7,091 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.71 | 11.76 | top 33.8% | 3,711 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 12.26 | 13.57 | top 67.3% | 3,571 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.71 | — | top 67.7% | 5,314 / 5,926 |
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 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Guelph 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Guelph 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023First competition: Appleby Winter B 2023. A 18.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guelph 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
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.
- Aidan Xu — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tristan Lei — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Stanley Wang — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.