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Dexter James De Guzman

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016GUZM03

Dexter James De Guzman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2016, he has put 530 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in May 2016 to 7.86, a 40% improvement. Dexter has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017
530
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×37.8610.43
top 2.5%231 / 6,270
2×22.375.12
top 7.7%290 / 4,257
4×442.2149.99
top 14.8%363 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed18.5723.33
top 16.6%408 / 2,440
Pyraminx6.5711.02
top 24.4%654 / 2,621
Skewb7.7411.07
top 39.3%623 / 1,320
5×51:51.301:59.99
top 43.5%490 / 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

Hari ng Norte 2016: 13.13Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2016: 11.31Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.97Baguio City Open 2017: 9.42Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017: 7.86Buwan ng mga Puso 2018: 9.98Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2018: 8.39Pangasinan SpeedCubing Open 3 2019: 9.56Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022: 9.77D Turns in Dagupan 2022: 8.84Baguio City Open 2023: 11.34Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.96Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023: 12.26Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2024: 10.16Elyu Cube Clash 2024: 9.87Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.06Urdaneta Speedcubing Open 2024: 9.28North Luzon Championship 2024: 10.52Cabanatuan Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.42Baguio Speedcubing Open 2025: 9.707.8613.131 May 201629 Mar 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.