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Stephen Mark V. Mariñas

3×3 · top 0.27% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MARI04

Stephen Mark V. Mariñas has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.55, set at D Turns in Dagupan 2022, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in the Philippines. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2018, he has put 995 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.62 in March 2018 to 5.55, a 48% improvement. Stephen has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.27% of 284,439 all-time
5.55
signature single · D Turns in Dagupan 2022
995
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.556.85
top 0.27%22 / 6,270
2×20.922.67
top 0.41%7 / 4,257
Pyraminx1.522.63
top 0.44%10 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed10.6914.67
top 1.6%37 / 2,440
4×428.1632.40
top 1.9%42 / 2,135
5×51:04.381:12.92
top 8.0%85 / 928
Megaminx1:13.731:22.48
top 17.9%126 / 690
6×62:18.992:39.28
top 20.0%76 / 298
3×3 blindfolded1:27.89—
top 22.3%64 / 274
Skewb6.429.17
top 29.1%460 / 1,320
Clock14.1218.71
top 44.4%284 / 534

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

Marikina City Open 2018: 10.62Philippine Championship 2018: 10.63Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022: 6.92D Turns in Dagupan 2022: 5.55Cavite Speedcubing Open 2022: 6.12South Luzon Championship 2022: 6.02Cavite Speedcubing Open III 2022: 6.81Luzon Championship 2023: 6.42Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023: 6.27Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 6.77San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 6.42Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 6.08Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2023: 6.84Cavite Side Events Open 2023: 7.13Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023: 6.44Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 6.44Marikina City ReMINX 2023: 7.11A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024: 6.58Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 5.83Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024: 6.25Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024: 7.15Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024: 6.40Luzon Championship 2025: 6.00Quezon City Cubing Sides 2025: 7.19Novaliches Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.43SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 5.58Philippine Championship 2025: 6.43GANCUBE Pasig Speedcubing Open 2026: 5.745.5510.6318 Mar 201824 May 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.