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Francis Yuel B. Merced

3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MERC04

Francis Yuel B. Merced has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Cavite Side Events Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in the Philippines. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since October 2022, he has put 2,563 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.61 in October 2022 to 6.71, a 42% improvement. Francis has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time
6.71
signature single · Cavite Side Events Open 2026
2,563
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.718.80
top 1.0%96 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed10.8814.83
top 1.7%41 / 2,440
Square-16.978.97
top 1.8%4 / 374
Megaminx41.4447.23
top 2.0%13 / 690
2×21.553.37
top 2.4%59 / 4,257
4×431.2634.86
top 3.6%79 / 2,135
5×555.951:00.70
top 3.7%33 / 928
Skewb2.794.70
top 4.0%64 / 1,320
Pyraminx3.164.91
top 4.2%85 / 2,621
Clock5.787.65
top 6.5%48 / 534
6×61:52.612:03.00
top 8.2%31 / 298
7×72:56.603:10.64
top 9.6%35 / 275
3×3 blindfolded1:29.182:54.81
top 22.7%66 / 274
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
top 51.8%99 / 189

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

Cavite Speedcubing Open 2022: 11.61Cavite Speedcubing Open III 2022: 8.85Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023: 9.93Luzon Championship 2023: 8.69General Trias Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.23Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 10.10Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.88Quezon City Open 2023: 8.78Let's Cube Laguna 2023: 7.61South Luzon Championship 2023: 9.20Cavite Side Events Open 2023: 9.22Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023: 8.55General Trias Speedcubing Open II 2023: 9.52Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023: 9.18Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023: 9.27Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023: 9.65Cainta Cubing Mania 2024: 8.21Imus Speedcubing Open 2024: 8.55Luzon Championship 2024: 9.18General Trias Speedcubing Open III 2024: 8.92Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024: 8.22South Luzon Championship 2024: 7.85Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 8.96Cavite Speedcubing Open IX 2024: 7.77Las Piñas Speedcubing Open II 2024: 8.02Cavite Speedcubing Open X 2024: 8.68Luzon Championship 2025: 7.82Imus Speedcubing Open II 2025: 8.33Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2025: 9.78South Luzon Championship 2025: 9.26Pinoy Side Events Open 2025: 9.35South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025: 8.39Las Piñas Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 7.88Philippine Championship 2025: 8.18Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025: 8.73Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025: 9.08Cavite Side Events Open 2025: 8.47Cavite Speedcubing Open XII 2025: 8.61Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025: 8.68Las Piñas Speedcubing Open III 2025: 7.93Laguna Speedcubing Open VII 2025: 8.42Luzon Championship 2026: 8.11Makati Speedcubing Open VI 2026: 8.34Pinoy Side Events Open 2026: 7.33Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2026: 8.58South Luzon Championship 2026: 8.81Cavite Speedcubing Open XIII 2026: 7.17GANCUBE Pasig Speedcubing Open 2026: 7.86GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026: 8.73Las Piñas Speedcubing Open IV 2026: 7.11Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026: 8.96Makati Speedcubing Open VIII 2026: 7.45Cavite Side Events Open 2026: 6.71Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2026: 7.346.7111.6122 Oct 202223 Aug 2026

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 0.71 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.