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Karl Abarquez

Clock · top 0.019% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ABAR02

Karl Abarquez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026, puts him in the top 0.019% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the Philippines. Until May 2025, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since April 2023, he has put 2,353 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.71 in April 2023 to 6.87, a 63% improvement. Karl has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.019% of 32,048 all-time
1.84
signature single · Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026
2,353
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Clock1.842.55
top 0.019%1 / 534
Skewb0.992.82
top 0.048%2 / 1,320
3×36.878.85
top 1.2%110 / 6,270
Megaminx40.7545.53
top 1.8%10 / 690
2×21.503.07
top 2.2%54 / 4,257
Pyraminx2.513.08
top 2.2%47 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed11.6516.54
top 2.6%54 / 2,440
4×429.7732.22
top 2.7%60 / 2,135
Square-18.0510.53
top 3.1%11 / 374
5×557.811:04.92
top 4.5%41 / 928
6×61:50.681:56.39
top 7.4%26 / 298
7×72:51.313:00.59
top 8.3%28 / 275
3×3 blindfolded53.171:49.16
top 10.9%34 / 274
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves41.00
top 26.7%46 / 189
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 40:37—
top 45.6%29 / 72
4×4 blindfolded8:30.88—
early days — 2 solves20 / 26
5×5 blindfolded32:58.00—
early days — 1 solve17 / 17

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

Metro Speedcubing Open 2023: 18.71Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023: 17.48General Trias Speedcubing Open 2023: 13.79Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 15.67Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 15.62Quezon City Open 2023: 15.63South Luzon Championship 2023: 11.18Cavite Side Events Open 2023: 12.74Playing Puzzles in Pampanga 2023: 11.08Imus Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.07Laguna Speedcubing Open IV 2024: 9.33Quezon City Open II 2024: 10.68Clocked in Quezon City 2024: 11.30Philippine Championship 2024: 12.18South Luzon Championship 2024: 8.62Manila's Blindsided 2024: 11.28Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024: 8.3450 Years of Cubing in the Philippines 2024: 9.76Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024: 8.60Mix-up in Lucena 2024: 8.73Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.59Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025: 9.36Singapore Championship 2025: 9.45Quezon City Cubing Sides 2025: 9.28Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025: 8.94Pinoy Side Events Open 2025: 8.79Luzon Multi-Mega Madness 2025: 8.55SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 7.22Philippine Championship 2025: 8.52Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025: 9.99Cavite Side Events Open 2025: 8.10QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 9.65Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025: 8.75Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025: 8.71Marikina City ReMINX II 2025: 8.16Greenwoods Clock Clash 2026: 7.59Singapore Championship 2026: 6.87Pinoy Side Events Open 2026: 8.49Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2026: 8.86South Luzon Championship 2026: 8.11Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026: 7.51GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026: 8.61Las Piñas Speedcubing Open IV 2026: 7.58MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 7.38GAN Philippine Championship 2026: 8.11Cavite Side Events Open 2026: 8.256.8718.718 Apr 20231 Aug 2026

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 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.