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John Paul Lomtong

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LOMT01

John Paul Lomtong has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Philippine Championship 2017, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 407th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2016, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. John has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.67
signature single · Philippine Championship 2017
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.6710.34
top 4.1%407 / 6,270
4×440.6742.89
top 12.9%316 / 2,135
Square-115.2320.74
top 16.9%72 / 374
5×51:24.811:29.48
top 23.1%249 / 928

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

Philippine Championship 2016: 8.88Philippine Championship 2017: 8.678.678.887 Oct 201615 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.