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Donovon Jose Panganiban

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009PANG01

Donovon Jose Panganiban has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Quezon City Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,023rd in the Philippines. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2009, he has put 280 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.38 in May 2009 to 10.68, a 73% improvement. Donovon has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.68
signature single · Quezon City Open 2023
280
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.6812.47
top 9.5%1,023 / 6,270
4×440.0041.93
top 12.1%298 / 2,135
5×51:13.841:20.54
top 14.4%151 / 928
6×62:23.262:35.60
early days — 3 solves84 / 298
Pyraminx7.5213.23
top 32.2%898 / 2,621
Megaminx1:37.591:47.67
top 33.1%251 / 690
2×24.566.34
top 33.7%1,686 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed28.0634.11
top 42.1%1,183 / 2,440
7×74:37.27
early days — 1 solve134 / 275
Clock16.8418.48
top 54.9%340 / 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

Rizal Open 2009: 39.38Philippines Open 2009: 26.05Bulacan Open 2010: 24.33Cubing sa Tag-Init 2010: 20.36Philippines Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 19.61Asian Championship 2010: 19.93Trinoma Open 2011: 16.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 15.21Bayani 2012: 13.91Cavite Speedcubing Open 2022: 12.55Quezon City Open 2023: 10.68Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024: 10.9810.6839.387 May 200929 Sep 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 10.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.