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Benedict Albert Y. Tulio
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025TULI01
Benedict Albert Y. Tulio has been competing for 11 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 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 598th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 130 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.63 in November 2025 to 9.36, a 20% improvement. Benedict has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 5.8% | 598 / 6,429 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.40 | 19.17 | top 11.2% | 274 / 2,491 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.45 | top 16.1% | 732 / 4,353 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 15.16 | top 40.7% | 664 / 1,346 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.94 | 11.19 | top 44.3% | 1,296 / 2,661 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.22 | — | top 67.5% | 1,684 / 2,174 | |
| 5×5 | 5:18.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 935 / 943 |
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
- Tagum City Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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.
- Earl Joven Suyo — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabdine R. Pollo — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Christian Jay C. Nocos — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.