People · United States
Oscar Marks
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025MARK04
Oscar Marks has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,160th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2025, he has put 342 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.89 in May 2025 to 11.43, a 45% improvement. Oscar has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 4.32 | top 3.0% | 1,160 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.41 | 7.44 | top 5.1% | 1,333 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.43 | 13.56 | top 11.9% | 6,410 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 9.38 | top 17.8% | 2,818 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 8.70 | 9.93 | top 18.5% | 1,412 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.21 | 28.71 | top 37.4% | 4,967 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.13 | — | top 64.4% | 11,309 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:56.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,673 / 7,841 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing by the Kings OH 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ohio State Summer 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at Doing Time in Moundsville 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Doing Time in Moundsville 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.83 at Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025.
Competitions
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Grove City Halloweeknight 2025 · 31 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing by the Kings OH 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Doing Time in Moundsville 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 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.
- Braden Richards — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emery McFeeter — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.