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Benedict Albert Y. Tulio
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025TULI01
Benedict Albert Y. Tulio has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Davao City Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 86 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.63 in November 2025 to 9.36, a 20% improvement. Benedict has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.36 | 11.65 | top 5.7% | 577 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.42 | 20.20 | top 13.6% | 339 / 2,440 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.45 | top 16.0% | 713 / 4,257 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 15.16 | top 40.6% | 654 / 1,320 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.94 | 11.19 | top 44.3% | 1,277 / 2,621 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.22 | — | top 67.4% | 1,656 / 2,135 |
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
- 22 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Davao City Open 2026.
- 22 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Davao City Open 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025First competition: Clash of Cubers III Davao 2025. A 11.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davao City Open 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Mindanao Championship 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Clash of Cubers III Davao 2025 · 30 Nov 2025
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.
- Sebastian Louis E. Madriaga — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Earl Joven Suyo — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ralph Justine Villarico — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.