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Mark Botros

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013BOTR01

Mark Botros has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.83, set at Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 879th in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since September 2013, he has put 756 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in September 2013 to 10.83, a 39% improvement. Mark has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.83
signature single · Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024
756
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×310.8313.33
top 10.0%879 / 11,709
Megaminx1:02.141:08.65
top 11.1%139 / 1,277
2×23.626.07
top 21.7%1,664 / 8,567
4×448.6453.99
top 22.9%574 / 3,051
3×3 blindfolded1:34.762:13.79
top 24.8%124 / 394
Pyraminx6.8413.14
top 26.5%1,359 / 5,993
5×51:43.511:56.28
top 38.0%509 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed26.9128.81
top 39.1%903 / 2,659
Clock17.0120.38
top 55.5%573 / 1,095
Skewb10.8117.52
top 59.8%1,970 / 3,534
6×64:09.544:46.44
top 68.6%418 / 641
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 32:00—
early days — 2 solves136 / 180
7×77:49.93—
early days — 1 solve436 / 523
Square-11:22.762:14.35
top 93.6%863 / 899

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

Australian Nationals 2013: 17.69Australian Nationals 2014: 19.75Sydney Winter 2017: 21.21Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 14.00Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 13.87Newcastle Autumn 2021: 15.64Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022: 13.83NSW Open 2022: 12.77Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 13.87Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.32Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 14.46Marrickville Mega May Open 2023: 11.61Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 13.52Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 13.27Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 13.80Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 12.47Cubing at The Cube 2024: 14.36Laguna Speedcubing Open III 2024: 15.46Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 12.24Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 10.83Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 12.31Canberra Spring 2024: 12.57Cubing at The Cube 2025: 13.38NSW State Championship 2025: 12.20Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 12.72Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 11.52Cubing at The Cube 2026: 11.54Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 13.77Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 14.7910.8321.217 Sep 201329 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 2.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.