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John Michael Chua
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHUA03
John Michael Chua has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.69, set at Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in the Philippines. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2022, he has put 434 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.14 in May 2022 to 6.69, an 18% improvement. John has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.69 | 7.59 | top 1.0% | 93 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 27.06 | 33.98 | top 1.4% | 30 / 2,135 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.73 | top 3.6% | 100 / 4,257 | |
| Megaminx | 48.31 | 1:00.75 | top 4.4% | 37 / 690 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.78 | 1:12.90 | top 10.1% | 111 / 928 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.43 | 19.06 | top 11.2% | 270 / 2,440 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.74 | 7.45 | top 11.6% | 303 / 2,621 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022. A 8.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026 · 16 Aug 2026
- MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Jenra Cubing Summer 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Valenzuela Cubing Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MnM Cube Cup 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Speedcubing Open 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- D Turns in Dagupan 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
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 61 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.