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Ian Padua

3×3 · top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PADU01

Ian Padua has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Las Piñas Speedcubing Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in the Philippines. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since November 2022, he has put 1,263 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.92 in November 2022 to 5.86, a 58% improvement. Ian has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time
5.86
signature single · Las Piñas Speedcubing Open 2024
1,263
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.867.37
top 0.41%33 / 6,270
2×21.102.67
top 0.77%14 / 4,257
Pyraminx1.893.31
top 0.97%19 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed17.5320.33
top 13.9%345 / 2,440
Megaminx1:29.141:48.04
top 27.6%207 / 690
4×452.6959.16
top 28.0%756 / 2,135
Clock12.2017.05
top 35.9%224 / 534
Skewb8.2915.43
top 43.5%699 / 1,320
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 3 solves130 / 189
5×52:38.57—
top 69.8%725 / 928

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

South Luzon Championship 2022: 13.92Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023: 11.00Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023: 9.29Luzon Championship 2023: 10.69Laguna Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.08Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023: 8.28STEM Cube Open Penang 2023: 8.09Quezon City Open 2023: 9.23Visayas Championship 2023: 8.46Cavite Side Events Open 2023: 8.54General Trias Speedcubing Open II 2023: 9.71Marikina City ReMINX 2023: 8.77Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023: 7.90Imus Speedcubing Open 2024: 6.73Laguna Speedcubing Open III 2024: 7.35Katipunan One Big F2L 2024: 8.04General Trias Speedcubing Open III 2024: 8.27Philippine Championship 2024: 7.33Las Piñas Speedcubing Open 2024: 5.86Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024: 7.16Las Piñas Speedcubing Open II 2024: 6.78Cavite Speedcubing Open X 2024: 8.46Luzon Championship 2025: 7.35South Luzon Championship 2025: 7.40Pinoy Side Events Open 2025: 8.23Las Piñas Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 7.55Philippine Championship 2025: 6.84Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025: 6.67Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025: 7.59Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025: 7.05Cavite Speedcubing Open XII 2025: 7.01Las Piñas Speedcubing Open III 2025: 6.92Luzon Championship 2026: 6.61South Luzon Championship 2026: 6.73Makati Speedcubing Open VII 2026: 6.80GAN Philippine Championship 2026: 6.035.8613.9219 Nov 20229 Jul 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.