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John Gratian Magbanua

3×3 · top 0.83% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018MAGB01

John Gratian Magbanua has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.46, set at Bacolod Big Cubes 2024, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in the Philippines. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since May 2018, he has put 883 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.74 in May 2018 to 6.46, a 56% improvement. John has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.83% of 288,433 all-time
6.46
signature single · Bacolod Big Cubes 2024
883
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.468.49
top 0.83%73 / 6,429
3×3 one-handed11.8117.42
top 2.8%58 / 2,491
Megaminx52.381:03.75
top 6.2%50 / 700
4×434.5840.71
top 6.4%151 / 2,174
2×22.244.07
top 6.6%246 / 4,353
Pyraminx3.878.87
top 7.1%168 / 2,661
5×51:13.041:21.11
top 13.9%144 / 943
3×3 blindfolded1:22.27—
top 20.4%61 / 280
Skewb5.357.53
top 20.9%327 / 1,346
6×62:24.982:53.02
top 23.2%90 / 303
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves39.00
top 26.9%46 / 191

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

Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018: 14.74Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018: 9.34Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 10.89Bonifacio Memorial 2018: 10.62City Of Love Open 2019: 10.25Visayas Championship 2019: 8.85Negros Speedcubing Open 2019: 10.09Even Day in Bacolod 2022: 12.49Bacolod Speedcubing Rush 2023: 7.75Kyube Kita Kabankalan 2023: 8.55Cube Ta Liwat Iloilo 2023: 8.42Side Fest in Smile City 2023: 9.17STI West Negros Cube Fest 2024: 9.13Bacolod Big Cubes 2024: 6.46West Visayas Cube Masters 2024: 7.81Kyub sa Aga Masskara 2024: 8.84Mira Labs Cubing Scientists in Bacolod 2025: 6.84Mix & Match at McDo Lacson 2025: 7.68Kyub sa Capiztahan 2025: 7.15Bago Speedcubing Open 2025: 8.16Cadiz Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.10Cebu New Year Open 2026: 8.28GAN Negros Speedcubing Open 2026: 9.646.4614.7429 May 201821 Mar 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 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.