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David Martinez
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MART51
David Martinez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.45, set at Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 180 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.60 in April 2023 to 7.45, a 41% improvement. David has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.45 | 9.32 | top 1.9% | 163 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.07 | top 19.1% | 876 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.64 | 31.22 | top 25.0% | 649 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 58.74 | 1:08.87 | top 35.1% | 935 / 2,135 | |
| Clock | 20.46 | 26.02 | top 66.0% | 395 / 534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.61 | — | top 72.5% | 529 / 690 | |
| 5×5 | 3:46.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 855 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.77 at Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024.
- 4 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at WCC Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 30 Apr 2023First competition: Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023. A 12.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quezon City Cubing Sides 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quezon City Open II 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Katipunan One Big F2L 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms in Antipolo 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Speedcubing Open 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Apr 2023
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.
- Brenton Angelo Lo Wong — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zoei Principe — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.