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Mark Paling

2×2 · top 89.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017PALI03

Mark Paling has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 14.48, set at Peterborough Open 2017, puts him in the top 89.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,512th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since March 2017, he has put 21 official solves on the record across two events. Mark has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 89.7% of 186,767 all-time
14.48
signature single · Peterborough Open 2017
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×214.4817.58
top 89.7%4,512 / 4,895
3×357.781:09.30
top 90.5%6,330 / 6,689

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

Peterborough Open 2017: 1:03.90World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 57.78Guildford Open 2017: 59.4057.781:03.904 Mar 201723 Sep 2017

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 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Robert Yau — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • James Molloy — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 7.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.