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Juan Miguel F. Mendoza

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019MEND10

Juan Miguel F. Mendoza has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.44, set at Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 160th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2019, he has put 336 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.22 in July 2019 to 7.44, an 87% improvement. Juan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.44
signature single · Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024
336
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×37.449.45
top 1.9%160 / 6,270
2×21.953.13
top 4.4%143 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed17.3323.22
top 13.4%335 / 2,440
4×41:16.39
early days — 2 solves1,336 / 2,135
5×52:17.482:29.10
top 59.6%644 / 928

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

Malabon City Cube Open 2019: 55.22South Luzon Championship 2022: 10.84Metro Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.33Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023: 9.56WCC Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.43San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 10.45Quezon City Open 2023: 7.50Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.69Let's Cube Laguna 2023: 7.78Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 8.56Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023: 7.81Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024: 7.44MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 8.57Caloocan Cube Craze 2024: 8.82Philippine Championship 2024: 8.85Philippine Championship 2025: 8.397.4455.2214 Jul 201919 Jun 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.