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John Michael Cañares

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007CANA02

John Michael Cañares has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.14, set at Cebu Open 2016, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,534th in the Philippines. Across 13 competitions since August 2007, he has put 273 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.93 in August 2007 to 12.14, a 28% improvement. John has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.14
signature single · Cebu Open 2016
273
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×312.1414.35
top 14.4%1,534 / 6,270
2×24.697.92
top 35.4%1,782 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed27.2231.35
top 39.9%1,124 / 2,440
Pyraminx10.6514.53
top 58.0%1,708 / 2,621
4×41:30.921:39.33
top 64.2%1,587 / 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

Philippines Open 2007: 16.93Cebu Open 2008: 15.21Philippines Open 2008: 15.46Iligan Open 2008: 14.55Cebu Masters 2009: 17.56Cebu Open 2015: 14.44Cebu Open 2016: 12.14Visayas Championship 2016: 13.50Speedcubing Year End 2016: 14.33Cebu Open 2017: 14.71Visayas Championship 2017: 13.59Philippine Championship 2017: 14.93Cebu Masters 2017: 13.8012.1417.5625 Aug 200721 Oct 2017

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 0.14 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.