People · Estonia
Mark Jarovoi
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018JARO02
Mark Jarovoi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Audentes Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Estonia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2018, he has put 940 official solves on the record across eight 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 20.15 in August 2018 to 8.09, a 60% improvement. Mark has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Estonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 3.06 | top 1.8% | 8 / 244 | |
| Skewb | 2.30 | 5.03 | top 2.2% | 5 / 126 | |
| 3×3 | 8.09 | 10.72 | top 2.9% | 11 / 308 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.20 | 1:16.87 | top 11.6% | 5 / 45 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 8.49 | top 12.9% | 31 / 186 | |
| 4×4 | 47.85 | 1:05.17 | top 21.9% | 23 / 124 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.34 | 31.89 | top 37.7% | 36 / 115 | |
| Square-1 | 55.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 40 / 46 |
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
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tallinn Open 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Essex Winter 2022.
- 22 Aug 2020Four personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2020.
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Tartu Open 2019.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tartu Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2019.
Competitions
- Nuti Cube Day 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Estcubes Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PärNuti Cubing 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Tallinn Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tallinn Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Stockholmsligan 435: Mäktig Jul - 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tartu Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Estonian Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Audentes Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tartu Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Suur-Kloostri Side Events 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Tallinn Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- TalliNxN 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2020 · 22 Aug 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Tallinn Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Võru Värk 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Randvere Cube Day 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ark 2018 · 24 Aug 2018
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.
- Remo Pihel — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Maksim Zemtšihhin — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Kaur Tuule — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.