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Francis E. Datiles
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023DATI01
Francis E. Datiles has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.93, set at Mira Labs Cubing Scientists in Bacolod 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 101 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.16 in April 2023 to 7.93, a 13% improvement. Francis has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.93 | 11.12 | top 2.7% | 247 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.50 | top 7.4% | 273 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.51 | 26.27 | top 16.4% | 402 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 58.92 | 1:14.83 | top 35.3% | 941 / 2,135 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mira Labs Cubing Scientists in Bacolod 2025.
- 23 Apr 2023First competition: Cube Ta Liwat Iloilo 2023. A 10.62 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at Cube Ta Liwat Iloilo 2023.
Competitions
- Visayas Championship 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Mira Labs Cubing Scientists in Bacolod 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Capiz Cube Craze 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- West Visayas Cube Masters 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Cube Ta Liwat Iloilo 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Savion Romeo Matula — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Julian Miguel Bata — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aaron Josh C. Wong — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.