People · United States
Donovan Baquiran
3×3 · top 5.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BAQU01
Donovan Baquiran has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,034th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 247 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.14 in March 2024 to 9.18, a 46% improvement. Donovan 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.18 | 10.77 | top 5.3% | 3,034 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.82 | top 21.5% | 8,521 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 52.76 | 1:00.39 | top 28.2% | 4,414 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 10.64 | 12.89 | top 28.2% | 2,229 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 10.15 | top 29.9% | 8,423 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.18 | 28.29 | top 37.4% | 5,045 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.04 | 1:54.76 | top 40.0% | 3,276 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 8.77 | 10.54 | top 47.0% | 8,434 / 19,164 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Davis Summer 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.