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John Alexander Lava

3×3 · top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018LAVA03

John Alexander Lava has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.55, set at City Of Love Open 2019, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,054th in the Philippines. Across 2 competitions since October 2018, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.39 in October 2018 to 13.55, a 12% improvement. John has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.55
signature single · City Of Love Open 2019
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×313.5517.34
top 19.4%2,054 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed32.8837.20
top 53.1%1,480 / 2,440
Skewb12.9615.60
top 70.5%1,074 / 1,320
4×41:45.69
early days — 2 solves1,776 / 2,135

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

Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 15.39City Of Love Open 2019: 13.5513.5515.3928 Oct 201817 Mar 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.