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Karl Martin Montealto

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MONT11

Karl Martin Montealto has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in the Philippines. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2023, he has put 999 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.23 in April 2023 to 7.87, a 23% improvement. Karl has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.54
signature single · Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024
999
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
2×21.544.29
top 2.3%56 / 4,257
Megaminx42.7548.17
top 2.4%17 / 690
3×37.8710.26
top 2.6%233 / 6,270
4×430.2637.83
top 3.0%65 / 2,135
Pyraminx3.865.56
top 7.0%162 / 2,621
Square-110.6613.29
top 7.3%33 / 374
5×51:14.871:28.38
top 15.2%161 / 928
Skewb4.706.03
top 15.9%236 / 1,320
Clock8.169.66
top 16.0%96 / 534
3×3 one-handed23.7629.15
top 30.8%827 / 2,440
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve161 / 189

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: 10.23Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023: 11.65San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.09Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 10.69Marikina City ReMINX 2023: 10.20Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023: 11.87Cainta Cubing Mania 2024: 10.02MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 11.97Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 9.96Quezon City Open II 2024: 11.02MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.50Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024: 10.08Laguna Speedcubing Open V 2024: 9.47Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 11.71Manila's Blindsided 2024: 11.24Minx It Up in Pasig 2024: 9.27Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024: 10.20Spooky Turn 'N Solve Valenzuela 2024: 11.53Algorithms in Antipolo II 2024: 11.01Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024: 10.90Cainta Puzzle Fest 2024: 8.60South Luzon Championship 2025: 9.53Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025: 10.27Philippine Championship 2025: 9.40QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.877.8711.978 Apr 20236 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.