People · United States
Mark Duval
2×2 · top 12.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024DUVA02
Mark Duval has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at Saint John's Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 12.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,115th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, he has put 110 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.24 in November 2024 to 15.71, a 35% improvement. Mark has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 5.81 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 15.71 | 18.58 | top 26.9% | 14,956 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.12 | 12.06 | top 42.3% | 7,477 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.19 | 1:45.41 | top 54.5% | 9,410 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.06 | 55.72 | top 65.4% | 9,404 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.80 | 14.81 | top 65.9% | 19,791 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 45.70 | — | top 71.9% | 4,791 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 3:06.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,414 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 8:14.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,185 / 4,262 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.97 at The Battle of Lexington 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: Springfield Cube Day 2024. A 24.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMass Spring 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Naticube Side n' Blind 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Springfield Cube Day 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
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.
- Derek White — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Gray — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.