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John Brix Acero

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016ACER01

John Brix Acero has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the Philippines. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2016, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.48 in December 2016 to 11.94, an 18% improvement. John has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.22
signature single · Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018
190
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Pyraminx2.223.68
top 1.5%28 / 2,621
3×311.9414.23
top 13.7%1,463 / 6,270
2×25.456.66
top 44.8%2,265 / 4,257
Skewb9.0416.97
top 48.7%767 / 1,320
4×41:14.261:28.79
top 50.9%1,295 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed43.6250.85
top 70.1%1,932 / 2,440
5×53:45.454:25.96
top 89.4%854 / 928

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

Negros Speedcubing Open 2016: 14.482nd Negros Speedcubing Open 2017: 13.81Bacolod Speedcubing Open 2017: 12.95Goldenfields Open 2017: 12.13Bacolod Big Cubes Open 2017: 11.94Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018: 13.3011.9414.4829 Dec 201629 May 2018

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.