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John Carlo D. Garcia

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GARJ01

John Carlo D. Garcia has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.35, set at Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 572nd in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 86 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. John has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.35
signature single · Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023
86
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.3510.01
top 5.7%572 / 6,270
2×22.923.34
top 13.3%572 / 4,257
4×441.4549.38
top 13.8%340 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed19.9123.00
top 20.2%517 / 2,440
Pyraminx9.6411.83
top 50.2%1,486 / 2,621
Skewb11.8612.57
top 65.3%1,001 / 1,320
Megaminx2:54.84
early days — 2 solves528 / 690

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

Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023: 9.35Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2024: 9.47Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025: 9.849.359.8411 Nov 202325 Oct 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.