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Jacob Miko Tan (陈在元)

Clock · top 0.83% of 32,048 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TANJ05

Jacob Miko Tan (陈在元) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in the Philippines. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since June 2018, he has put 2,630 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.85 in June 2018 to 6.58, a 68% improvement. Jacob has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.83% of 32,048 all-time
3.08
signature single · Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026
2,630
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Clock3.084.75
top 0.83%6 / 534
3×36.588.75
top 0.92%83 / 6,270
Pyraminx2.045.91
top 1.2%25 / 2,621
2×21.662.97
top 2.9%74 / 4,257
Megaminx44.9751.05
top 3.1%24 / 690
Skewb2.595.14
top 3.2%53 / 1,320
4×431.7238.46
top 4.0%90 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed12.7215.90
top 4.0%85 / 2,440
Square-19.0312.34
top 4.5%21 / 374
5×558.471:03.67
top 4.8%46 / 928
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.67
top 6.2%11 / 189
3×3 blindfolded46.851:13.24
top 8.9%26 / 274
7×72:55.793:17.37
top 9.4%33 / 275
6×62:01.612:10.69
top 11.6%46 / 298
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 28:23—
top 29.6%23 / 72
4×4 blindfolded7:03.50—
top 37.1%15 / 26
5×5 blindfolded15:27.00—
early days — 3 solves9 / 17

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

ValenZheng Cube Open 2018: 20.85PSC Open 2018: 13.83Philippine Championship 2018: 14.86Metro Speedcubing Open 2019: 11.12Luzon Championship 2019: 10.49Philippine Championship 2019: 8.30Marikina City Open II 2019: 10.15Parity at Charis 2020: 9.58Luzon Championship 2023: 9.16Metro Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.12WCC Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.11San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.38Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 7.90Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023: 8.55Quezon City Open 2023: 8.68Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.18Let's Cube Laguna 2023: 8.57Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 8.61Marikina City ReMINX 2023: 8.81Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023: 7.89Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023: 8.12Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023: 7.82Cainta Cubing Mania 2024: 8.55Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024: 7.21MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 8.19Katipunan One Big F2L 2024: 8.55Beginner's SampaLuck 2024: 7.23Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 8.24Quezon City Open II 2024: 7.93Caloocan Cube Craze 2024: 8.30Clocked in Quezon City 2024: 7.73Laguna Speedcubing Open V 2024: 9.41South Luzon Championship 2024: 8.17Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024: 7.96Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 7.40Manila's Blindsided 2024: 9.63Minx It Up in Pasig 2024: 6.62Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024: 8.1650 Years of Cubing in the Philippines 2024: 8.40Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024: 7.22Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024: 8.51Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024: 7.91Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025: 9.45Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.94South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.95Learn How to Cube in Antipolo 2025: 7.59BiNxNdo 2025: 9.20Luzon Multi-Mega Madness 2025: 9.69SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 8.93QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.82Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025: 8.69Marikina City ReMINX II 2025: 8.01Luzon Championship 2026: 7.97Greenwoods Clock Clash 2026: 8.60Pinoy Side Events Open 2026: 6.58Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026: 7.12GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026: 9.15GreenwoODDs 2026: 7.396.5820.852 Jun 20189 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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.