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John Robert Tayactac
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018TAYA01
John Robert Tayactac has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.37, set at Turn 'N Solve Bulacan 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2018, he has put 381 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.70 in January 2018 to 3.37, a 69% improvement. John has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 4.65 | top 5.0% | 113 / 2,621 | |
| Skewb | 3.04 | 5.69 | top 5.2% | 76 / 1,320 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 5.16 | top 19.2% | 885 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 | 15.03 | 19.84 | top 24.5% | 2,576 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.47 | 35.23 | top 35.5% | 981 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.20 | 1:22.33 | top 46.1% | 1,183 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.33 | 2:29.61 | top 52.6% | 573 / 928 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.93 | — | top 57.4% | 430 / 690 | |
| 6×6 | 4:19.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 236 / 298 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Turn 'N Solve Bulacan 2024.
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.48 at CaMaNaVa Open 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018Seven personal bests in one day at CaMaNaVa Open 2018.
- 12 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Antipolo City Cube Open 2018.
- 20 Jan 2018First competition: Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018. A 25.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- CaMaNaVa Year-End Blast 2024 · 29 Dec 2024
- Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Turn 'N Solve CaMaNaVa 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Turn 'N Solve Bulacan 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Turn 'N Solve Bataan 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024 · 1 Sep 2024
- Big n' Blind Caloocan 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023 · 2 Jul 2023
- Malabon City Cube Open 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Valenzuela Cube Classic 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CaMaNaVa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- ValenZheng Cube Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Antipolo City Cube Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 20 Jan 2018
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 76 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Karl Matthew Angeles — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.