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Drake Reinhard Pilarta
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PILA01
Drake Reinhard Pilarta has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.99, set at MnM Cube Cup 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.35 in February 2023 to 7.99, a 40% improvement. Drake has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.99 | 10.06 | top 2.8% | 266 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 3.73 | top 10.9% | 449 / 4,353 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 8.00 | top 14.8% | 223 / 1,346 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.70 | 21.78 | top 17.0% | 430 / 2,491 | |
| 4×4 | 43.96 | 53.17 | top 17.0% | 424 / 2,174 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:48.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 151 / 280 |
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
- 18 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First competition: Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023. A 13.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- San Joseño Skewb September 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MnM Cube Cup 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Side Events Open 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Luzon Championship 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023 · 11 Feb 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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gibran Kwan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.