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John Robert Anguluan

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2008 · 2008ANGU01

John Robert Anguluan has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 355th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2008, he has put 134 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in January 2008 to 8.48, a 50% improvement. John has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.48
signature single · Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016
134
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.4810.94
top 3.7%355 / 6,270
4×459.331:08.12
top 35.8%957 / 2,135
2×24.787.63
top 36.5%1,839 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed27.7934.35
top 41.4%1,160 / 2,440
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 12:36
early days — 1 solve65 / 72

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

Diliman Open 2008: 16.86Philippines Open 2008: 13.93Philippines Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 13.08Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016: 8.48Philippine Championship 2016: 12.03Marikina City Open II 2019: 9.568.4816.865 Jan 200826 Oct 2019

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.