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Johnswel Medrano

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016MEDR01

Johnswel Medrano has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Maxx Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 618th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.11 in August 2016 to 9.53, a 68% improvement. Johnswel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.53
signature single · Maxx Open 2017
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.5313.82
top 6.2%618 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed24.2129.39
top 32.1%874 / 2,440
2×24.645.41
top 34.7%1,742 / 4,257
4×41:10.88
early days — 2 solves1,228 / 2,135

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 2016: 30.11Kubo Open 2016: 15.41Panabo Speedcube Challenge 2017: 11.62Maxx Open 2017: 9.53Bukidnon Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 10.669.5330.1113 Aug 201622 Apr 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 1.53 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.