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Mark John

3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023JOHN15

Mark John has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Corning Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 818th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2023, he has put 798 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.08 in March 2023 to 6.97, a 54% improvement. Mark has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time
6.97
signature single · Corning Winter 2026
798
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.978.81
top 1.3%818 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.313.49
top 1.8%459 / 29,168
4×429.6634.96
top 2.7%446 / 19,354
5×51:00.201:06.05
top 5.7%475 / 9,537
2×22.143.63
top 5.8%2,340 / 41,674
Skewb5.0510.27
top 18.6%2,986 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed20.4923.07
top 21.9%2,843 / 15,900
Megaminx2:10.172:55.67
top 51.5%3,931 / 8,026

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

Nickel City 2023: 15.08CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 12.89Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 12.01Binghamton Cube Day 2024: 7.96Niagara Falls Summer 2024: 8.36Ontario Championship 2024: 9.60New York Championship 2024: 8.48A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 11.14Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 10.18Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 7.53Horseheads Spring 2025: 8.91ROC the Cube NY 2025: 7.72St. Bonaventure 2025: 7.49Fredonia Finals 2025: 8.26New York Championship 2025: 8.17Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 8.10Corning Winter 2026: 6.97ROC the Cube NY 2026: 7.66Back To School Buffalo 2026: 8.706.9715.0825 Mar 202326 Sep 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Louis Truong — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 61 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.