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James Matthew Sanchez
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SANC50
James Matthew Sanchez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at MnM Cube Cup 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 864th in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in August 2023 to 10.25, a 31% improvement. James has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.25 | 12.90 | top 8.2% | 864 / 6,270 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.61 | 10.84 | top 32.9% | 932 / 2,621 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 6.77 | top 33.2% | 1,654 / 4,257 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.86 | 1:10.49 | top 41.6% | 1,100 / 2,135 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.16 | 34.40 | top 42.3% | 1,192 / 2,440 |
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
- 20 Aug 2023First competition: Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023. A 14.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cabanatuan Speedcubing Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2024 · 25 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MnM Cube Cup 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Caloocan Cube Fest 2023 · 8 Oct 2023
- Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023 · 20 Aug 2023
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.
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kyle Capiral — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.