People · Romania
Simone Marin
2×2 · top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023MARI43
Simone Marin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at Kjeller Open 2025, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in Romania. Across 10 competitions since November 2023, he has put 250 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.06 in November 2023 to 14.33, a 49% improvement. Simone has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 5.20 | top 19.3% | 222 / 1,214 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 8.32 | top 19.6% | 62 / 401 | |
| 3×3 | 14.33 | 17.31 | top 22.1% | 277 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.75 | 1:21.52 | top 46.6% | 191 / 578 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.40 | 55.11 | top 63.0% | 221 / 411 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Julemarkedkubing 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Kjeller Open 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Romerike Easter Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024.
Competitions
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Julemarkedkubing 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023
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.
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.