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Jalen Descanzo
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DESC01
Jalen Descanzo has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at GAN Tarlac Speedcubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 621st in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.76 in March 2025 to 9.54, a 63% improvement. Jalen 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 | 9.54 | 12.43 | top 6.2% | 621 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 3.50 | 5.65 | top 20.2% | 946 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.51 | 29.64 | top 35.6% | 984 / 2,440 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.05 | 12.62 | top 36.6% | 1,069 / 2,621 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.78 | 2:13.44 | top 47.9% | 531 / 928 | |
| Clock | 17.42 | 18.93 | top 56.8% | 355 / 534 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at GAN Tarlac Speedcubing Open 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at GAN Tarlac Speedcubing Open 2026.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.17 at Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Baguio Speedcubing Open 2025. A 25.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN Tarlac Speedcubing Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2025 · 19 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Baguio Speedcubing Open 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Canxing Gao — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lawrence Benedict N. Sison — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.