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James Iver Lubang

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LUBA01

James Iver Lubang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at Luzon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 817th in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2016, he has put 322 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in October 2016 to 10.12, a 47% improvement. James has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.12
signature single · Luzon Championship 2024
322
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.1211.97
top 7.8%817 / 6,270
4×441.4447.45
top 13.8%338 / 2,135
2×23.234.65
top 17.0%769 / 4,257
Pyraminx5.597.04
top 17.0%459 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed19.7222.11
top 19.8%497 / 2,440
5×51:59.652:09.00
top 49.1%541 / 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

Philippine Championship 2016: 19.05Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 14.22Philippine Championship 2017: 13.35Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018: 12.03Marikina City Open 2018: 11.03Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 11.73ValenZheng Cube Open 2018: 12.26Fairview Cube Day 2018: 12.82Philippine Championship 2018: 11.48Philippine Championship 2019: 11.45Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2019: 10.25Cavite Speedcubing Open 2022: 12.76Metro Speedcubing Open 2023: 11.14General Trias Speedcubing Open 2023: 10.53Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023: 11.57Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023: 10.93Luzon Championship 2024: 10.1210.1219.057 Oct 201627 Apr 2024

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 0.12 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.