People · Canada
Markus Russell
3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023RUSS07
Markus Russell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.60, set at Winnipeg Open 2024, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,097th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since June 2023, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.93 in June 2023 to 23.60, a 45% improvement. Markus has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.60 | 30.07 | top 49.4% | 5,097 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.57 | 13.71 | top 49.6% | 2,370 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 8.10 | 10.12 | top 68.5% | 5,018 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 18.49 | 18.85 | top 87.1% | 2,577 / 2,907 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.85 at Winterpeg 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: Winnipeg Open 2023. A 42.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Fall Morning 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Forks 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Winterpeg 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Deven Huard-Bernuy — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Chavez — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rowan Salyn — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.60 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.