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Emmett Gabriel H. Villa
3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025VILL22
Emmett Gabriel H. Villa has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 713th in the Philippines. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 165 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.21 in May 2025 to 9.73, a 60% improvement. Emmett 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 | 9.73 | 12.56 | top 6.8% | 713 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 5.63 | top 16.2% | 740 / 4,353 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 9.81 | top 22.6% | 360 / 1,346 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.33 | 12.62 | top 39.1% | 1,144 / 2,661 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.82 | 35.42 | top 41.5% | 1,193 / 2,491 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,552 / 2,174 | |
| Clock | 19.07 | 21.96 | top 62.0% | 379 / 543 |
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 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cavite Speedcubing Open XII 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Cavite Side Events Open 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cavite Side Events Open 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.42 at Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025.
- 18 May 2025First competition: South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025. A 24.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Learn How To Cube in Laguna 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open VI 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Laguna Speedcubing Open VII 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XII 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cavite Side Events Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025 · 18 May 2025
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.
- Francis Yuel B. Merced — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.