People · Canada
Mark Nie
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014NIEM02
Mark Nie has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since August 2014, he has put 648 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.31 in August 2014 to 9.04, a 32% improvement. Mark has entered 19 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.44 | top 3.9% | 247 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.68 | top 4.9% | 477 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.91 | 17.92 | top 5.9% | 125 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 35.00 | 41.30 | top 6.7% | 152 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 6.73 | top 14.9% | 585 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.84 | 11.03 | top 24.5% | 592 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.47 | 1:34.75 | top 27.2% | 254 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.15 | 1:56.89 | top 40.6% | 516 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | top 40.9% | 130 / 283 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:32.29 | — | top 44.0% | 158 / 351 | |
| Square-1 | 39.98 | 57.02 | top 65.3% | 600 / 952 | |
| 6×6 | 4:47.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 472 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 6:56.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 375 / 503 |
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 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Canada's Wild West 2019.
- 30 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Winter 2016.
- 29 Aug 2015Five personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Summer 2015.
- 10 Jan 2015Eight personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Winter 2015.
- 23 Aug 2014First competition: Vancouver Open Summer 2014. A 14.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Strathcona 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Sherwood Park Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Wild West 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- I Hope It's Solved 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Under the Stars 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- QUALberta 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016
- Edmonton Open Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Summer 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2015 · 10 Jan 2015 — 8 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alex Mutch — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
- Paris Dorn — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Theodore Chow — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.