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James Certeza

Pyraminx · top 0.48% of 130,891 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CERT01

James Certeza has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Marikina City ReMINX II 2025, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in the Philippines. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since October 2023, he has put 1,693 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.11 in October 2023 to 6.04, a 78% improvement. James has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.48% of 130,891 all-time
1.54
signature single · Marikina City ReMINX II 2025
1,693
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Pyraminx1.542.07
top 0.48%12 / 2,661
3×36.048.23
top 0.52%41 / 6,429
2×21.021.49
top 0.6%13 / 4,353
Skewb1.884.60
top 1.1%21 / 1,346
Square-18.3611.02
top 3.5%15 / 382
4×434.4843.60
top 6.3%147 / 2,174
3×3 one-handed14.2119.30
top 6.6%146 / 2,491
Clock7.629.94
top 13.3%82 / 543
5×51:29.531:43.41
top 27.0%311 / 943

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

Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 27.11Cainta Cubing Mania 2024: 15.84Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024: 11.09Katipunan One Big F2L 2024: 11.65Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 12.73Quezon City Open II 2024: 9.35Philippine Championship 2024: 10.51San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2024: 9.36Minx It Up in Pasig 2024: 9.55Makati Speedcubing Open 2024: 13.68Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.03Algorithms in Antipolo II 2024: 10.95Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024: 10.31Cainta Puzzle Fest 2024: 9.41Luzon Championship 2025: 9.49Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025: 8.88Ateneo Pi Day Plus 1 2025: 9.28Baguio Speedcubing Open 2025: 8.19Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.72Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025: 7.91Pinoy Side Events Open 2025: 9.18South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025: 8.65Learn How to Cube in Antipolo 2025: 11.11Las Piñas Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 7.25Philippine Championship 2025: 8.48Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025: 7.86QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 8.65Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025: 7.32Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025: 12.29GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025: 8.20Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025: 8.64Marikina City ReMINX II 2025: 9.16Makati Speedcubing Open VI 2026: 8.73Greenwoods Clock Clash 2026: 7.85Pinoy Side Events Open 2026: 8.86GANCUBE Puzzles in Pi Day Pampanga 2026: 7.65South Luzon Championship 2026: 7.24Makati Speedcubing Open VII 2026: 7.97Cavite Speedcubing Open XIII 2026: 6.48GANCUBE Pasig Speedcubing Open 2026: 6.04Las Piñas Speedcubing Open IV 2026: 7.33MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 8.59GAN Philippine Championship 2026: 7.53Cavite Side Events Open 2026: 7.66GAN Twist & Turn in Pasig 2026: 8.10Makati Side Events Open 2026: 7.33Learn How To Cube in Laguna 2026: 7.88Makati Speedcubing Open IX 2026: 7.326.0427.118 Oct 202311 Oct 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.