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Emilio Matanguihan

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021MATA02

Emilio Matanguihan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Rockingham Rapid 2022, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2021, he has put 326 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.21 in March 2021 to 7.78, a 31% improvement. Emilio has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.78
signature single · Rockingham Rapid 2022
326
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.7810.00
top 2.4%240 / 11,709
2×21.873.17
top 4.0%306 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed12.9516.88
top 4.3%95 / 2,659
4×442.2147.40
top 14.8%373 / 3,051
Pyraminx6.109.60
top 20.7%1,032 / 5,993
Megaminx1:41.761:57.77
top 35.6%447 / 1,277
5×51:47.742:05.66
top 41.0%556 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve291 / 468

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

Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 11.21WA State Championship 2021: 10.03Rockingham Rapid 2021: 8.42Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 9.82Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 8.81Perth Autumn 2022: 9.11Rockingham Rapid 2022: 7.78WA Open 2022: 8.12Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 8.697.7811.2128 Mar 202118 Jan 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 1.78 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.