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Clifford Orcales

4×4 · top 2.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ORCA01

Clifford Orcales has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.85, set at Elyu Sides 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the Philippines. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2016, he has put 520 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.91 in October 2016 to 8.26, a 48% improvement. Clifford has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.8% of 83,917 all-time
29.85
signature single · Elyu Sides 2024
520
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
4×429.8536.86
top 2.8%62 / 2,135
3×38.269.68
top 3.3%316 / 6,270
5×556.101:05.95
top 3.8%35 / 928
2×22.124.21
top 5.6%201 / 4,257
6×62:04.592:09.64
top 13.0%48 / 298
7×73:14.393:31.63
top 14.6%48 / 275
Skewb4.889.24
top 17.2%259 / 1,320
Megaminx1:13.431:24.07
top 17.7%125 / 690
3×3 one-handed19.0623.67
top 18.0%439 / 2,440
Pyraminx8.3010.70
top 38.8%1,118 / 2,621
Clock22.3435.95
top 71.0%410 / 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

Baguio City Open 2016: 15.91Baguio Speedcubing Weekend 2017: 12.67Baguio City Open 2017: 13.30Baguio City Open 2018: 10.62Baguio City Open 2023: 8.92Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.26Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.39Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2024: 8.85Elyu Cube Clash 2024: 9.53Quezon City Open II 2024: 8.79Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2024: 8.36A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024: 8.36Ayat-Ti Cubing Elyu Fest 2024: 8.38North Luzon Championship 2024: 8.34Elyu Sides 2024: 8.89Elyu Cube Clash II 2025: 9.22Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2025: 11.278.2615.9130 Oct 201614 Sep 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.85 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.