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Carl Ashley Cortes
3×3 · top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CORT04
Carl Ashley Cortes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.03, set at Central Luzon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the Philippines. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2018, he has put 397 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.15 in June 2018 to 5.03, a 38% improvement. Carl has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 5.03 | 6.97 | top 0.13% | 11 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.45 | 13.30 | top 2.3% | 49 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 29.54 | 32.90 | top 2.6% | 55 / 2,135 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.27 | top 5.4% | 186 / 4,257 | |
| Skewb | 5.27 | 8.13 | top 20.3% | 315 / 1,320 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.73 | 1:41.84 | top 24.7% | 273 / 928 | |
| Clock | 12.31 | 17.49 | top 36.4% | 229 / 534 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024.
- 28 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2018.
- 24 Jun 2018First competition: Fairview Cube Day 2018. A 11.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Fairview Cube Day 2018.
Competitions
- San Jose del Monte Speedcubing Open III 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024 · 3 Nov 2024
- Turn 'N Solve Bulacan 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- 50 Years of Cubing in the Philippines 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Central Luzon Championship 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Imus Speedcubing Open 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cainta Cubing Mania 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Big Cubes Open 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Caloocan Cube Fest 2023 · 8 Oct 2023
- San Jose Del Monte Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2018 · 28 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fairview Cube Day 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Kenneth Carlos — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Brenton Angelo Lo Wong — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.