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Kirt Protacio

3×3 · top 0.66% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010PROT01

Kirt Protacio has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.27, set at Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since November 2010, he has put 2,654 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in November 2010 to 6.27, a 45% improvement. Kirt has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.66% of 284,439 all-time
6.27
signature single · Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015
2,654
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.278.70
top 0.66%69 / 11,709
2×21.442.92
top 1.9%168 / 8,567
4×432.9938.77
top 4.9%133 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed15.4017.60
top 8.9%203 / 2,659
Pyraminx5.968.31
top 19.7%972 / 5,993
5×51:25.661:35.30
top 23.8%318 / 1,356
Skewb6.9411.74
top 33.2%930 / 3,534
Megaminx1:43.581:50.95
top 36.8%456 / 1,277
6×63:26.803:31.72
top 53.5%330 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%251 / 468
7×75:56.136:32.77
top 66.8%315 / 523
3×3 blindfolded6:49.41—
early days — 1 solve367 / 394

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2010: 11.40Melbourne Summer Open 2011: 11.58Melbourne Winter Open 2011: 11.68Australian Nationals 2011: 10.94World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 9.27Melbourne Cube Day 2011: 9.93Melbourne Summer 2012: 8.68Sydney Autumn 2012: 9.71Melbourne Winter 2012: 8.22Australian Nationals 2012: 9.34Kurri Kurri 2012: 8.47Canberra Summer 2013: 8.44Australian Nationals 2013: 6.65Melbourne Spring 2013: 9.21Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 7.91Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 9.30Canberra Summer 2014: 7.58Melbourne Summer 2014: 8.18Melbourne Winter 2014: 8.44Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 8.30Australian Nationals 2014: 8.44Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 8.52Sydney Spring 2014: 7.46Niddrie 2014: 8.93Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 6.27Sydney Autumn 2015: 8.23Canberra Autumn 2015: 8.15Newcastle Winter 2015: 7.31Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015: 7.88Sydney Winter 2015: 7.15Brisbane Spring 2015: 6.69Sydney Summer 2015: 8.35Sydney Autumn 2016: 8.08Canberra Autumn 2016: 8.78Australian Nationals 2016: 7.68Canberra Spring 2016: 8.36Sydney Championship 2016: 9.03Cubing Classic 2017: 8.71Sydney Winter 2017: 7.99Canberra Spring 2017: 8.18Sydney Championship 2017: 7.77Warm Up Sydney 2018: 8.68Australian Nationals 2018: 7.67Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 8.18Cool Down Sydney 2019: 8.33Koalafication Sydney 2019: 8.12Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.52WCA World Championship 2019: 7.81Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.12Fortitude Sydney 2019: 8.61Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 6.92Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 7.13Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 8.35Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 7.13Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 8.29NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 9.74Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 8.33Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 7.92Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 10.806.2711.6813 Nov 201030 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 0.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.