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Charl Jovan Borromeo

3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012BORR01

Charl Jovan Borromeo has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since May 2012, he has put 1,079 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.03 in May 2012 to 8.49, a 35% improvement. Charl has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time
8.49
signature single · Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025
1,079
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.499.75
top 3.7%371 / 6,429
3×3 one-handed13.3617.60
top 5.0%114 / 2,491
2×22.424.71
top 8.2%315 / 4,353
4×440.1647.07
top 12.4%307 / 2,174
Skewb5.639.52
top 23.0%369 / 1,346
5×51:46.322:07.13
top 40.2%470 / 943
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.8%83 / 191
Clock15.5620.97
top 50.2%318 / 543
Megaminx2:14.332:34.07
top 53.5%405 / 700
Pyraminx13.0617.53
top 73.3%2,140 / 2,661
Square-148.331:06.53
top 74.6%298 / 382
6×65:54.656:32.51
early days — 3 solves283 / 303

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

Fiesta Open 2012: 13.03Bayani 2012: 12.47Marikina City Open 2013: 9.80SNES Open 2013: 10.28Cubao Open 2013: 9.86Art Capital Open 2013: 10.90Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2013: 11.18Marikina City 2 Open 2014: 10.80Pista'y Dayat Speed Cubing Championship 2014: 11.76Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 9.58Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2014: 10.96Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015: 9.80Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 10.67CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016: 12.12Visayas Championship 2016: 10.09Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016: 10.03Philippine Championship 2016: 9.97Baguio City Open 2016: 10.52Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2016: 11.50Maxx Open 2017: 9.77Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 10.43Philippine Championship 2017: 10.25Philippine Championship 2018: 11.04Baguio City Open 2018: 10.28Minx It Up in Pasig 2024: 10.13Makati Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.3750 Years of Cubing in the Philippines 2024: 11.07Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024: 9.28Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024: 10.08Las Piñas Speedcubing Open II 2024: 9.83Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024: 9.36CaMaNaVa Year-End Blast 2024: 9.54Luzon Championship 2025: 9.02Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025: 9.78Quezon City Cubing Sides 2025: 8.83Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025: 9.31Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025: 9.71Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025: 8.498.4913.0313 May 20122 Aug 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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.