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Joshua Mari Ruiz
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017RUIZ13
Joshua Mari Ruiz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.54, set at Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 167 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.82 in August 2017 to 7.54, a 23% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.54 | 9.90 | top 2.0% | 175 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 33.81 | 42.05 | top 5.7% | 133 / 2,135 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.12 | 18.00 | top 8.3% | 191 / 2,440 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.14 | 1:24.31 | top 16.9% | 179 / 928 | |
| 2×2 | 3.76 | 5.33 | top 23.5% | 1,106 / 4,257 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 13.69 | top 32.6% | 920 / 2,621 | |
| Skewb | 9.91 | 12.13 | top 54.4% | 868 / 1,320 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2025.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Cavite Speedcubing Open 2017. A 9.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2025 · 19 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Bataan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Baguio City Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Richmond Mico Rigor — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Lawrence Benedict N. Sison — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.