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Valentin Mernies

Clock · top 3.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MERN01

Valentin Mernies has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Silencio en Di Tella 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Argentina. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2022, he has put 820 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.91 in April 2022 to 10.77, a 53% improvement. Valentin has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 3.0% of 32,048 all-time
4.33
signature single · Silencio en Di Tella 2024
820
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
Clock4.335.15
top 3.0%6 / 175
Skewb3.093.78
top 5.4%30 / 405
2×22.334.72
top 7.3%78 / 1,203
3×310.7714.37
top 9.8%165 / 1,694
Pyraminx4.648.60
top 11.0%94 / 830
4×442.0056.55
top 14.5%92 / 615
Megaminx1:37.731:49.58
top 33.2%123 / 314
Square-124.2531.99
top 37.3%65 / 157
3×3 one-handed30.5735.96
top 47.9%263 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves63 moves65.67
early days — 3 solves80 / 83

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

Santa Fe Open 2022: 22.91Mega Open Ciudadela 2022: 22.20Abierto del Mirador 2022: 19.84Buenos Aires Cubea 2022: 15.85Di Tella Open 2023: 17.82Di Tella Open v2 2023: 16.34Nacionales Argentinas 2023: 11.12 NxN Di Tella 2024: 12.84Abierto de La Matanza 2024: 10.77Salta al Cubo 2024: 12.13Terrazas de Mayo Cubero 2024: 12.36Calentando Motores Di Tella Domingo 2024: 11.68Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 11.69Abierto del Mirador en Primavera 2024: 14.81Lomas de Zamora 2024: 12.39Lomas de Zamora 2025: 11.84Villa Riachuelo al Cubo 2025: 13.00San Martín Autumn 2025: 13.57Monte Grande Cubea 2025: 12.71Abierto de Esteban Echeverría 2025: 13.21Nacionales Argentinas 2025: 14.32Monte Grande for Fun 2026: 11.8910.7722.9115 Apr 20221 Mar 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-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.