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Benedict Secillano Gicanal
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024GICA01
Benedict Secillano Gicanal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at North Luzon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 563rd in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 89 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 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.37 in March 2024 to 9.26, an 11% 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 | 9.26 | 10.69 | top 5.5% | 563 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.58 | top 17.3% | 799 / 4,353 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.00 | 22.88 | top 17.9% | 451 / 2,491 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.70 | 9.27 | top 25.5% | 700 / 2,661 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.98 | 1:23.87 | top 38.7% | 1,038 / 2,174 | |
| Clock | 19.56 | 25.19 | top 63.4% | 386 / 543 |
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
- 29 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at North Luzon Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024. A 11.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Luzon Championship 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner's SampaLuck 2024 · 9 Apr 2024
- Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Juan Miguel Y. Magallanes — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.