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Cholo John Chua

3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHUA03

Cholo John Chua has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 855th in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2016, he has put 217 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in December 2016 to 10.23, a 38% improvement. Cholo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.23
signature single · Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018
217
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.2311.97
top 8.1%855 / 6,270
4×444.6551.73
top 17.9%443 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed20.1425.05
top 20.8%539 / 2,440
2×24.175.26
top 28.7%1,371 / 4,257
5×51:37.181:48.91
top 33.2%384 / 928

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

Negros Speedcubing Open 2016: 16.442nd Negros Speedcubing Open 2017: 13.83Bacolod Speedcubing Open 2017: 12.62Goldenfields Open 2017: 11.69Bacolod Big Cubes Open 2017: 13.70Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018: 10.2310.2316.4429 Dec 201615 Jul 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.