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James Stephen Sarmiento Cubarol

3×3 · top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CUBA02

James Stephen Sarmiento Cubarol has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.13, set at City Of Love Open 2019, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,195th in the Philippines. Across 22 competitions since April 2016, he has put 487 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.12 in April 2016 to 17.13, a 41% improvement. James has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.13
signature single · City Of Love Open 2019
487
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×317.1321.36
top 31.4%3,195 / 6,270
Clock11.7613.81
top 33.8%211 / 534
Skewb7.1312.56
top 34.7%539 / 1,320
4×41:00.351:13.72
top 36.8%982 / 2,135
2×24.986.23
top 39.1%1,970 / 4,257
Pyraminx8.8115.78
top 43.2%1,244 / 2,621
Megaminx2:18.032:29.79
top 55.3%414 / 690
5×52:20.692:52.66
top 61.4%656 / 928
3×3 one-handed40.1852.24
top 65.5%1,818 / 2,440
Square-11:21.23
early days — 2 solves346 / 374

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

Cebu Masters 2016: 29.12Cebu Open 2016: 30.14Visayas Championship 2016: 18.86Speedcubing Year End 2016: 19.03Cebu Open 2017: 22.03Visayas Championship 2017: 23.11Visayas Championship 2018: 26.96Cebu Masters 2018: 21.14Philippine Championship 2018: 18.44Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 20.65Bonifacio Memorial 2018: 22.20Mactan Speedcubing Open 2019: 18.77City Of Love Open 2019: 17.13Mindanao Championship 2019: 20.79Visayas Championship 2019: 20.25West Visayas Championship 2019: 17.68Tagum City Open 2019: 19.70Cebu Masters 2019: 18.40Cebu Open 2020: 18.91Cebu Comeback Open 2022: 25.22Cube Ta Bai sa Cebu 2022: 23.7717.1330.149 Apr 201610 Sep 2022

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
  • A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.