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John Wayne Garnica

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019GARN02

John Wayne Garnica has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Tagum City Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 528th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2019, he has put 212 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.48 in May 2019 to 9.20, a 50% improvement. John has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.20
signature single · Tagum City Open 2024
212
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.2011.27
top 5.3%528 / 6,270
2×22.135.26
top 5.7%205 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed18.6823.88
top 16.9%414 / 2,440
Pyraminx5.779.22
top 18.3%490 / 2,621
4×451.5954.16
top 26.7%720 / 2,135
Skewb6.148.13
top 26.8%418 / 1,320
5×51:50.792:12.92
top 43.1%483 / 928
7×75:13.07
early days — 1 solve169 / 275

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

Mindanao Championship 2019: 18.48Tagum City Open 2019: 13.51General Santos City Open 2020: 12.78Tagum Speedcubing Masters 2023: 9.72Tagum City Open 2024: 9.20Davao City Open 2024: 10.29Davao City Open 2026: 10.409.2018.4831 May 201922 Mar 2026

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 1.20 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.