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Jay Benedict Alfaras

3×3 · top 0.14% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009ALFA01

Jay Benedict Alfaras has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.12, set at Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in the Philippines. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,482 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.50 in February 2009 to 5.12, an 88% improvement. Jay has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.14% of 284,439 all-time
5.12
signature single · Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018
1,482
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.127.24
top 0.14%14 / 6,270
4×425.8529.63
top 0.95%16 / 2,135
5×547.4352.81
top 1.1%10 / 928
3×3 one-handed13.5616.03
top 5.3%120 / 2,440
2×22.503.58
top 8.9%338 / 4,257
Pyraminx5.078.77
top 13.6%365 / 2,621
6×62:10.562:21.40
top 15.6%58 / 298
7×73:33.783:48.42
top 21.1%74 / 275
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves39.00
top 44.7%83 / 189
Skewb9.5614.86
top 52.2%824 / 1,320
Square-12:07.08—
early days — 1 solve370 / 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

Singapore Open 2009: 44.50Robinsons Metro East Open 2011: 15.93Robinsons Galleria Open 2011: 15.27Philippine Open 2011: 13.33World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.34Fiesta Open 2012: 10.63Bayani 2012: 10.72Art Capital Open 2013: 9.50Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2015: 9.72Mindanao Championship 2016: 8.31Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016: 8.70Philippine Championship 2016: 7.70Baguio City Open 2016: 7.56Speedcubing Year End 2016: 8.84Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016: 7.82Negros Speedcubing Open 2016: 8.21Cebu Open 2017: 8.07Extra Rise Open 2017: 7.66Maxx Open 2017: 6.36Bukidnon Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 7.09Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 7.92Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017: 7.482nd Negros Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.41Bacolod Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.06Cavite Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.57Visayas Championship 2017: 6.76Goldenfields Open 2017: 6.84Philippine Championship 2017: 8.24Bacolod Big Cubes Open 2017: 6.75Iloilo Speedcubing Open 2017: 7.04Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018: 6.27Buwan ng mga Puso 2018: 7.58Visayas Championship 2018: 6.52Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018: 5.12Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018: 5.87PSC Open 2018: 7.15Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 7.58Bonifacio Memorial 2018: 7.10Negros Speedcubing Open 2019: 6.98Makati Speedcubing Open 2024: 7.83Summertime Speedcubin' in Negros 2026: 7.59GAN Warm Up Iloilo 2026: 7.63Makati Speedcubing Open VIII 2026: 7.315.1244.5028 Feb 200919 Jul 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.