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Arneil John Mercado

3×3 · top 28.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008MERC01

Arneil John Mercado has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.25, set at Cebu Open 2010, puts him in the top 28.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,962nd in the Philippines. Across 5 competitions since November 2008, he has put 120 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Arneil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.25
signature single · Cebu Open 2010
120
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×316.2519.21
top 28.6%2,962 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed28.6832.10
top 43.6%1,226 / 2,440
2×26.9210.41
top 59.8%3,054 / 4,257
Pyraminx11.0219.66
top 60.7%1,789 / 2,621
4×41:42.312:04.52
top 72.1%1,735 / 2,135
5×53:49.52
top 90.2%858 / 928

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

Iligan Open 2008: 18.03Cebu Open 2009: 18.03Cebu Open 2010: 16.25Cube Ta Bai 2011: 16.61Cebu Open 2011: 20.8816.2520.8815 Nov 200817 Dec 2011

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 3.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.