People · United States
Mark Hansbarger
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024HANS02
Mark Hansbarger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,274th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2024, he has put 340 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.76 in February 2024 to 12.97, a 67% improvement. Mark has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.74 | 3.84 | top 3.3% | 1,274 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 7.68 | top 8.4% | 2,156 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.97 | 14.68 | top 17.3% | 9,272 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.48 | 9.12 | top 29.6% | 4,850 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 13.17 | 15.52 | top 40.4% | 3,209 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.88 | — | top 46.7% | 7,781 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.75 | 52.32 | top 67.7% | 9,666 / 15,683 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Preble Spring 2025.
- 23 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025.
- 10 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.49 at Ohio State Fall 2024.
- 3 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Get Ready Grove City 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City Donut DNF 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubicle Day Oxford 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem City First in Flight 2024 · 3 Feb 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.
- Chris Nankervis — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Braden Richards — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.