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John McArthur Magnaye
2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022MAGN03
John McArthur Magnaye has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at Luzon Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in the Philippines. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 260 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.15 in November 2022 to 7.63, a 46% improvement. John has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.43 | 3.18 | top 1.9% | 47 / 4,353 | |
| 3×3 | 7.63 | 9.80 | top 2.2% | 193 / 6,429 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.83 | 5.02 | top 6.9% | 160 / 2,661 | |
| Clock | 6.07 | 8.71 | top 7.4% | 55 / 543 | |
| 4×4 | 37.23 | 43.30 | top 9.0% | 218 / 2,174 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.92 | 23.32 | top 17.6% | 445 / 2,491 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 8.20 | top 20.5% | 320 / 1,346 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.25 | 1:32.01 | top 21.9% | 241 / 943 | |
| Square-1 | 17.80 | 22.59 | top 22.9% | 99 / 382 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.02 | 1:54.48 | top 36.6% | 284 / 700 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 226 / 303 | |
| 7×7 | 7:34.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 248 / 278 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cavite Side Events Open 2026.
- 24 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at South Luzon Championship 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at South Luzon Championship 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Luzon Championship 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: South Luzon Championship 2022. A 14.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cavite Side Events Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Luzon Championship 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Brenton Angelo Lo Wong — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elijah Francis Jagonio — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.