People · Philippines
Joven Tamayo
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019TAMA05
Joven Tamayo has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at QC Speedcubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2019, he has put 85 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.11 in September 2019 to 7.97, a 44% improvement. Joven has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.97 | 9.16 | top 2.7% | 255 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.80 | top 8.7% | 332 / 4,257 | |
| 4×4 | 39.73 | 46.56 | top 11.8% | 289 / 2,135 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.59 | 24.30 | top 22.1% | 575 / 2,440 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 9.41 | top 22.5% | 601 / 2,621 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.79 | 1:49.85 | top 32.9% | 380 / 928 | |
| Skewb | 11.90 | 16.31 | top 65.5% | 1,008 / 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
- 2 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025.
- 27 Sep 2019First competition: Philippine Championship 2019. A 14.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2019 · 27 Sep 2019
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.
- Ivan Keith Cariaga — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.