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Carl Joaqui Curutan
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024CURU01
Carl Joaqui Curutan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 90 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.77 in August 2024 to 7.18, a 27% improvement. Carl has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.18 | 8.84 | top 1.5% | 136 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.83 | 17.04 | top 5.8% | 130 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 38.55 | 45.59 | top 10.4% | 255 / 2,135 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 6.73 | top 30.3% | 1,474 / 4,257 | |
| 7×7 | 4:13.03 | 4:24.08 | early days — 3 solves | 114 / 275 |
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
- 18 Aug 2024First competition: Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024. A 9.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- San Jose del Monte Speedcubing Open III 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
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 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Gabriel Subion — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joakim Hendrich Victorino — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.