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Carl Angelo Araya
Skewb · top 6.7% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ARAY02
Carl Angelo Araya has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.31, set at San Joseño Skewb September 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in the Philippines. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 14.03 in September 2025 to 3.31, a 76% improvement. Carl has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.31 | 5.03 | top 6.7% | 101 / 1,346 | |
| 3×3 | 15.36 | 16.64 | top 25.7% | 2,743 / 6,429 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: QC Speedcubing Open 2025. A 17.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- San Joseño Skewb September 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Side Events Open 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Cavite Side Events Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marikina City ReMINX II 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Juan Miguel Y. Magallanes — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Karl Abarquez — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.