People · Croatia
Matej Marković
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019MARK03
Matej Marković has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at Ponikva Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Croatia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2019, he has put 767 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.22 in February 2019 to 7.25, a 55% improvement. Matej has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.25 | 9.78 | top 1.6% | 9 / 360 | |
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 3.81 | top 2.3% | 9 / 275 | |
| 4×4 | 30.55 | 34.54 | top 3.2% | 5 / 154 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.81 | 5.40 | top 6.8% | 19 / 201 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.83 | 1:14.36 | top 8.3% | 8 / 67 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.91 | 21.75 | top 10.0% | 11 / 97 | |
| Skewb | 5.66 | 7.85 | top 23.2% | 38 / 119 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.79 | 2:40.70 | top 25.0% | 9 / 30 | |
| Square-1 | 19.32 | 24.56 | top 26.3% | 12 / 48 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.99 | 1:54.66 | top 28.9% | 21 / 56 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:11.94 | 2:50.69 | top 37.3% | 5 / 19 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.23 | 5:54.94 | top 37.4% | 9 / 23 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 21 / 24 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Osijek Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open 2022.
- 14 May 2022Eight personal bests in one day at GamMa Spring 2022.
- 17 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Osijek Open 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Frankfurt Cube Days 2020.
Competitions
- Osijek Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- GamMa Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- German Mini Open A 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021 · 17 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Osijek Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Seraing Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup V 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Croatian Nationals 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Zagreb Cube Day 2019 · 12 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Osijek Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jan Bentlage — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Joel Cetra — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kevin Gerhardt — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.