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Marlo Josué Castañeda Zepeda

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016ZEPE02

Marlo Josué Castañeda Zepeda has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Salamanca Guanajuato 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2016, he has put 534 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.18 in April 2016 to 2.97, a 43% improvement. Marlo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.98
signature single · Salamanca Guanajuato 2024
534
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.9811.28
top 4.8%249 / 4,263
4×436.1141.93
top 7.8%165 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed16.5123.70
top 11.4%201 / 1,672
Skewb4.106.13
top 11.6%186 / 1,157
Pyraminx4.937.15
top 12.8%317 / 2,003
2×22.974.42
top 13.9%543 / 3,018
5×51:18.181:24.82
top 17.7%198 / 1,010
Clock8.589.40
top 17.9%137 / 652
Megaminx1:21.841:29.24
top 23.0%257 / 1,042
7×74:00.104:30.06
top 30.8%148 / 472
6×62:40.472:52.82
top 31.0%160 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves42.00
early days — 3 solves110 / 317
3×3 blindfolded5:33.22—
early days — 3 solves186 / 251
Square-11:11.95—
early days — 2 solves453 / 516

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

Rubik Expomagyc 2016: 5.18Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 4.87Cronos Querétaro 2023: 5.05Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 3.15Cubing by the Cues 2024: 4.72Rubí Guanajuato 2024: 3.18SeaHorse Vallarta 2024: 4.58Tunas Open SLP 2024: 3.65Salamanca Guanajuato 2024: 4.19Liga SLP Jornada Blanco 2024: 2.97Puerta Victoria 2025: 4.092.975.1816 Apr 20164 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.