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James A. Acana

3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ACAN01

James A. Acana has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.27, set at Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 871st in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2017, he has put 333 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.18 in December 2017 to 10.27, a 64% improvement. James has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.27
signature single · Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024
333
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.2714.45
top 8.3%871 / 6,270
2×22.665.08
top 10.5%425 / 4,257
Clock7.9010.24
top 14.8%90 / 534
Megaminx1:11.121:21.11
top 16.3%114 / 690
4×449.9252.12
top 24.6%648 / 2,135
5×51:31.631:45.56
top 28.6%329 / 928
Skewb6.488.72
top 29.6%468 / 1,320
Pyraminx9.3211.51
top 47.5%1,396 / 2,621
6×63:34.01—
early days — 2 solves194 / 298
Square-136.6940.85
top 60.9%233 / 374
7×75:40.62—
early days — 2 solves189 / 275

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

Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017: 28.18Marikina City Open 2018: 27.75CaMaNaVa Open 2018: 19.14Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019: 22.12Metro Speedcubing Open 2019: 24.08San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 11.40Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023: 13.18Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 12.56Marikina City ReMINX 2023: 13.85Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023: 12.99Cainta Cubing Mania 2024: 11.40MnM Cube Cup 2024: 15.89Beginner's SampaLuck 2024: 15.95MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024: 11.42Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024: 10.27Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 13.00Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024: 13.37MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026: 13.9810.2728.182 Dec 201716 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.