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Arnelio Manaca Mola

Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023MOLA06

Arnelio Manaca Mola has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Mozambique. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since December 2023, he has put 918 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.75 in December 2023 to 9.53, a 67% improvement. Arnelio has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time
2.37
signature single · Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025
918
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMozambique
Pyraminx2.375.09
top 1.9%1 / 5
Skewb2.706.87
top 3.6%1 / 3
3×39.5312.61
top 6.2%2 / 9
2×22.313.42
top 7.1%1 / 7
Clock8.5510.06
top 17.7%1 / 3
4×445.3450.24
top 18.7%1 / 3
Square-116.3627.94
top 19.5%1 / 3
3×3 one-handed22.1827.51
top 26.6%1 / 5
5×51:34.451:47.35
top 31.0%1 / 2
Megaminx1:40.721:47.18
top 35.0%2 / 3
6×63:26.433:45.12
top 53.4%1 / 1
7×75:40.685:58.57
top 62.8%1 / 1

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

Phitsanulok Returns 2023: 28.75Paradise Park NxNxN 2024: 25.17MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 18.50Laguna Speedcubing Open III 2024: 18.07Elyu Cube Clash 2024: 20.61Beginner's SampaLuck 2024: 16.32Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 18.53Luzon Championship 2024: 16.91Cavite Speedcubing Open VII 2024: 17.61Laguna Speedcubing Open IV 2024: 13.43General Trias Speedcubing Open III 2024: 15.74Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2024: 16.80Quezon City Open II 2024: 13.83San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024: 16.53Caloocan Cube Craze 2024: 16.40MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024: 16.74Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024: 14.60Cebu Cube Preview 2024: 17.40Philippine Championship 2024: 13.45Laguna Speedcubing Open V 2024: 15.01Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 14.67CubingZA Nationals 2025: 9.53Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 11.55Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 10.989.5328.7516 Dec 202313 Dec 2025

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.