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Mark Molchanov

2×2 · top 41.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MOLC01

Mark Molchanov has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.17, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019, puts him in the top 41.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,656th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 56 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.43 in March 2019 to 21.18, a 59% improvement. Mark has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.4% of 186,767 all-time
5.17
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.176.82
top 41.4%16,656 / 40,951
3×321.1827.27
top 43.2%24,759 / 59,724
Pyraminx14.9022.04
top 81.5%24,075 / 28,708
Skewb19.5533.33
top 88.9%17,132 / 18,907
4×42:30.78
early days — 2 solves17,576 / 19,072

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 51.43Berkeley Spring 2019: 42.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 21.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 25.05Berkeley Summer 2019: 33.1221.1851.4310 Mar 201921 Sep 2019

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.