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Jem Poon

3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018POON02

Jem Poon has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.74, set at Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in the Philippines. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since January 2018, he has put 1,010 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.87 in January 2018 to 6.74, a 38% improvement. Jem has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time
6.74
signature single · Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025
1,010
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.749.14
top 1.1%104 / 6,429
4×429.3632.90
top 2.5%54 / 2,174
3×3 one-handed12.5617.50
top 3.8%81 / 2,491
5×51:03.821:08.19
top 7.8%83 / 943
2×22.753.81
top 11.5%489 / 4,353
Pyraminx5.177.83
top 14.3%388 / 2,661
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
early days — 1 solve24 / 191
Skewb5.757.83
top 23.9%379 / 1,346
6×62:29.152:38.41
top 25.3%94 / 303
7×73:58.284:19.12
top 30.0%96 / 278
Megaminx1:44.47—
top 37.4%290 / 700
3×3 blindfolded2:20.193:49.96
top 40.2%118 / 280
Square-142.03—
top 67.9%267 / 382

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

Cube Ala-Eh III 2018: 10.87Cube Ala-Eh IV 2019: 9.59South Luzon Open 2019: 9.73Cube Ala-Eh V 2020: 9.92Baguio City Open 2023: 8.78Luzon Championship 2023: 8.78Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 8.65Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.51Let's Cube Laguna 2023: 8.59Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023: 9.49Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023: 8.79Luzon Championship 2024: 7.99Laguna Speedcubing Open V 2024: 10.02South Luzon Championship 2024: 8.18Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025: 8.70South Luzon Championship 2025: 9.35Philippine Championship 2025: 8.93Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.74Laguna Speedcubing Open VII 2025: 8.60Luzon Championship 2026: 7.33GANCUBE Puzzles in Pi Day Pampanga 2026: 7.97Jenra Cubing Summer 2026: 8.53Las Piñas Speedcubing Open IV 2026: 9.33Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026: 8.93MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 8.76Makati Side Events Open 2026: 8.246.7410.8714 Jan 201813 Sep 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.