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Arvin Louis Ballesteros
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015BALL01
Arvin Louis Ballesteros has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.11, set at Urdaneta Speedcubing Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 289th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2015, he has put 248 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.61 in April 2015 to 8.11, a 72% improvement. Arvin 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 | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.11 | 10.46 | top 3.0% | 289 / 6,270 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.90 | 7.07 | top 12.6% | 336 / 2,621 | |
| 4×4 | 44.71 | 50.80 | top 17.9% | 446 / 2,135 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.65 | top 21.3% | 1,002 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.67 | 31.36 | top 33.3% | 909 / 2,440 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.82 | 2:08.63 | top 46.8% | 349 / 690 | |
| Skewb | 14.64 | 16.94 | top 77.1% | 1,148 / 1,320 | |
| 5×5 | 3:23.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 826 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Metro Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 2 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017.
- 2 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017.
- 27 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at NLC 5th Anniversary 2017.
- 1 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 13.05 at Hari ng Norte 2016.
- 1 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.05 at Hari ng Norte 2016.
Competitions
- Urdaneta Speedcubing Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Apr 2023
- Metro Speedcubing Open 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- D Turns in Dagupan 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- NLC 5th Anniversary 2017 · 27 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hari ng Norte 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Urdaneta City Rubik's Cube Tournament 2015 · 2 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hari ng Norte King of the North 2015 · 12 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rodolfo Jepte Lutrania Mabanta — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.