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Marlon Spotkaeff

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021SPOT01

Marlon Spotkaeff has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.26, set at Freo Cube-Off 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since December 2021, he has put 886 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in December 2021 to 7.26, a 66% improvement. Marlon has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.26
signature single · Freo Cube-Off 2026
886
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.269.72
top 1.6%183 / 11,709
Skewb3.206.77
top 6.0%177 / 3,534
Pyraminx4.539.05
top 10.4%478 / 5,993
2×23.024.77
top 14.5%1,110 / 8,567
4×446.5853.03
top 20.3%498 / 3,051
Clock9.4213.06
top 22.1%251 / 1,095
5×51:40.001:49.24
top 35.4%476 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed25.6531.61
top 35.9%817 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves45.00
top 37.3%173 / 468
Square-127.1048.99
top 43.7%423 / 899
Megaminx2:03.372:24.11
top 47.7%581 / 1,277
6×64:01.36—
top 65.8%406 / 641
7×76:27.80—
early days — 1 solve359 / 523
3×3 blindfolded6:49.34—
early days — 1 solve366 / 394

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

Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 21.05Perth Underground Open 2022: 15.78Perth Autumn 2022: 16.81Rockingham Rapid 2022: 15.84WA Open 2022: 13.25Australian Nationals 2022: 14.90Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.36Perth Summer 2023: 11.47Freo Cube-Off 2023: 12.30Perth Autumn 2023: 11.32Perth Time Trial 2023: 11.68Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 10.92WA Open 2023: 10.86Speedy South Perth 2023: 10.33Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 8.65Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 8.70Albany Summer Solving 2024: 11.02Murdoch University Open 2024: 9.86South Perth Cube Day 2024: 10.40Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 10.43Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 9.37Perth Winter 2024: 10.11Perth Time Trial 2024: 11.26Move It Midland 2024: 8.57Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 7.47Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 9.43Freo Cube-Off 2025: 8.89Perth Autumn 2025: 9.00WA State Championship 2025: 10.10Move It Midland 2025: 7.90Perth Summer 2026: 9.64Freo Cube-Off 2026: 7.26Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 8.647.2621.0511 Dec 202115 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.