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Karl Aaron P. Ilano
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ILAN01
Karl Aaron P. Ilano has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at Cavite Speedcubing Open IX 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in the Philippines. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2022, he has put 480 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.02 in November 2022 to 6.73, a 33% improvement. Karl has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.73 | 8.43 | top 1.1% | 99 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 36.39 | 43.62 | top 8.1% | 195 / 2,135 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.22 | 7.35 | top 8.8% | 218 / 2,621 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 3.91 | top 11.0% | 450 / 4,257 | |
| Skewb | 4.59 | 8.86 | top 15.1% | 227 / 1,320 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.47 | 28.93 | top 19.1% | 476 / 2,440 | |
| Clock | 10.23 | 11.17 | top 26.3% | 166 / 534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.82 | 1:50.23 | top 36.0% | 417 / 928 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.70 | — | top 47.2% | 352 / 690 |
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
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cavite Side Events Open 2025.
- 26 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: South Luzon Championship 2022. A 10.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cavite Side Events Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XIII 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Side Events Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Cavite Speedcubing Open X 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Cavite Speedcubing Open IX 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open VII 2024 · 1 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Imus Speedcubing Open 2024 · 18 Feb 2024
- Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- General Trias Speedcubing Open II 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tanza Speedcubing Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- South Luzon Championship 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- General Trias Speedcubing Open 2023 · 28 May 2023
- Luzon Championship 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Francis Yuel B. Merced — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.