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Jonathan Papa

3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007PAPA01

Jonathan Papa has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Shoe Capital Open 2014, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in the Philippines. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since August 2007, he has put 1,032 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.31 in August 2007 to 9.65, a 37% improvement. Jonathan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.65
signature single · Shoe Capital Open 2014
1,032
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.6513.47
top 6.5%660 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed19.2723.21
top 18.6%458 / 2,440
4×449.691:00.02
top 24.3%637 / 2,135
Megaminx1:29.711:35.24
top 28.0%210 / 690
5×51:38.181:47.22
top 34.0%400 / 928
3×3 blindfolded2:15.272:56.02
top 38.4%110 / 274
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 2 solves71 / 189
2×25.507.74
top 45.3%2,306 / 4,257
Square-140.0851.29
top 65.4%249 / 374
Pyraminx12.2420.83
top 68.7%1,993 / 2,621
6×64:13.654:19.16
top 69.9%233 / 298
7×76:25.386:37.08
top 73.3%220 / 275
Clock54.2555.02
top 97.9%523 / 534

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

Philippines Open 2007: 15.31Diliman Open 2008: 15.86Cebu Open 2008: 13.30Philippines Open 2008: 13.72Rizal Open 2009: 13.27Bulacan Open 2009: 13.06Philippines Open 2009: 13.65Bulacan Open 2010: 14.46Cubing sa Tag-Init 2010: 14.38Philippines Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 13.78GRCC Valenzuela Summer 2011: 12.74Robinsons Metro East Open 2011: 12.44Robinsons Galleria Open 2011: 12.84Trinoma Open 2011: 13.25Philippine Open 2011: 10.78Fiesta Open 2012: 12.61Bayani 2012: 11.52Urdaneta City Open 2012: 12.05San Pablo City Open 2013: 13.43Marikina City Open 2013: 13.22SNES Open 2013: 13.77Cubao Open 2013: 12.70Vicente Taaca Memorial School Open 2013: 13.48Art Capital Open 2013: 13.36Northern Luzon Cubers Open 2013: 11.28Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2013: 11.75Shoe Capital Open 2014: 9.65Marikina City 2 Open 2014: 12.21Cube Clash 2014: 12.88Valenzuela City Open 2 2014: 12.98360 Degree Wellness Open 2014: 10.12Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 12.529.6515.8625 Aug 200718 Oct 2014

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 1.65 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.