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Dave Villarias

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016VILL13

Dave Villarias has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Cuber's Cafe Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 347th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2016, he has put 172 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.02 in April 2016 to 8.44, a 77% improvement. Dave has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.44
signature single · Cuber's Cafe Open 2019
172
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.4410.87
top 3.6%347 / 6,270
2×22.654.55
top 10.4%420 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed19.2626.09
top 18.5%456 / 2,440
Pyraminx7.4212.23
top 31.3%875 / 2,621

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

Summer Speed Cube Olympics 2016: 36.02Clash Of Cubers II 2016: 22.06Mindanao Championship 2016: 16.07Kubo Open 2016: 11.82Panabo Speedcube Challenge 2017: 13.23Tagum City Open 2017: 11.02Mindanao Championships 2017: 11.85Davao Year End Open 2017: 11.42Cuber's Cafe Open 2019: 8.44Mindanao Championship 2025: 9.488.4436.0220 Apr 201614 Dec 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 0.44 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.