People · Philippines
Mark Marquez
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MARQ03
Mark Marquez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2025, he has put 264 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.72 in January 2025 to 8.65, an 11% improvement. Mark has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.65 | 8.93 | top 4.1% | 410 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 4.08 | top 4.2% | 130 / 4,353 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 6.01 | top 4.5% | 102 / 2,661 | |
| 4×4 | 37.50 | 42.91 | top 9.3% | 226 / 2,174 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.78 | 20.36 | top 9.8% | 226 / 2,491 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.31 | 1:27.69 | top 14.2% | 147 / 943 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 10.42 | top 17.7% | 270 / 1,346 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.18 | 1:27.23 | top 20.6% | 150 / 700 |
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
- 19 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Luzon Championship 2025. A 9.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Laguna Speedcubing Open VII 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2025 · 19 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Luzon Championship 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Gabriel Subion — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- James Certeza — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.