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Carlo Nicolai Abana

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2008 · 2008ABAN01

Carlo Nicolai Abana has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Northern Luzon Cubers Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in the Philippines. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since January 2008, he has put 1,015 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.96 in January 2008 to 9.00, a 68% improvement. Carlo has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.00
signature single · Northern Luzon Cubers Open 2013
1,015
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.0012.09
top 4.9%481 / 6,270
2×22.274.53
top 6.8%249 / 4,257
Skewb3.469.77
top 7.5%112 / 1,320
3×3 one-handed19.9725.71
top 20.4%523 / 2,440
3×3 blindfolded1:31.903:26.69
top 23.8%70 / 274
4×450.3657.88
top 25.2%665 / 2,135
Megaminx1:34.551:44.77
top 31.1%234 / 690
Pyraminx7.5515.33
top 32.5%914 / 2,621
5×51:39.181:50.12
top 34.7%408 / 928
6×64:34.684:53.87
top 75.8%245 / 298
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 29:21—
early days — 1 solve56 / 72
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 2 solves155 / 189
7×77:23.997:39.21
top 83.7%239 / 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

Diliman Open 2008: 27.96Philippines Open 2008: 17.32Rizal Open 2009: 16.72Philippines Open 2009: 14.53Robinsons Metro East Open 2011: 12.86Philippine Open 2011: 11.63Fiesta Open 2012: 12.13Bayani 2012: 10.72Urdaneta City Open 2012: 10.78San Pablo City Open 2013: 12.55Marikina City Open 2013: 11.08SNES Open 2013: 9.66Cubao Open 2013: 10.72Art Capital Open 2013: 10.77Northern Luzon Cubers Open 2013: 9.00Pangasinan Northern Express Open 2014: 10.94Shoe Capital Open 2014: 12.21Marikina City 2 Open 2014: 11.56Valenzuela City Open 2 2014: 12.09Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 12.63Valenzuela Cubing Summit 2015: 14.80I-FiT Open 2015: 12.52CGJV Speedcubing Open 2015: 12.69Cube-a-Thon 2015: 11.59360 Degrees Wellness Open 2015: 12.15Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015: 11.38Las Piñas Open 2016: 11.36Western Visayas Open 2016: 11.53Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 10.84Philippine Championship 2016: 13.36Baguio City Open 2016: 11.54Cube Ala-eh II 2017: 11.58Philippine Championship 2017: 14.98Philippine Championship 2025: 14.499.0027.965 Jan 200819 Jun 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.