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Marquez Phan

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015PHAN02

Marquez Phan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.02, set at Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in Australia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,822 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in July 2015 to 7.02, a 63% improvement. Marquez has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.02
signature single · Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021
1,822
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.028.60
top 1.3%148 / 11,709
4×427.2131.02
top 1.5%37 / 3,051
Pyraminx2.363.93
top 1.9%95 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed12.5315.41
top 3.7%83 / 2,659
5×559.201:05.48
top 5.1%66 / 1,356
2×22.143.06
top 5.7%416 / 8,567
Skewb3.556.66
top 8.0%219 / 3,534
Megaminx56.671:04.19
top 8.2%104 / 1,277
Square-111.5615.50
top 9.0%87 / 899
6×62:02.672:13.01
top 12.1%70 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves—
top 12.2%56 / 468
7×73:34.803:54.01
top 21.4%96 / 523

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 Winter 2015: 19.06Perth Summer 2016: 15.58Perth Winter 2016: 14.41Perth Summer 2017: 13.80Perth Winter 2017: 10.90Perth Autumn 2018: 9.03Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 8.65Koalafication Perth 2019: 8.87WCA World Championship 2019: 8.77Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 8.84Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 8.29Perth Late Night 2020: 7.75Speedy South Perth 2020: 8.20South Perth Summer 2020: 8.13York Cube Day 2021: 7.77Showground Showdown 2021: 7.68Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 8.18WA State Championship 2021: 7.59Rockingham Rapid 2021: 7.81Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 7.49Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 7.02Perth Underground Open 2022: 7.33Perth Autumn 2022: 8.60WA Open 2022: 7.17Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 8.02Australian Nationals 2022: 8.68Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 8.60Perth Summer 2023: 7.02Freo Cube-Off 2023: 7.97Perth Autumn 2023: 7.797.0219.0618 Jul 201529 Apr 2023

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 1.02 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.