People · Philippines
Kurt Rivera
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018RIVE03
Kurt Rivera has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Baguio City Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since January 2018, he has put 403 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.98 in January 2018 to 10.80, a 32% improvement. Kurt has entered 21 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 4.68 | top 6.4% | 238 / 4,353 | |
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 12.91 | top 9.9% | 1,086 / 6,429 | |
| 4×4 | 39.21 | 46.39 | top 11.3% | 277 / 2,174 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.82 | 1:31.28 | top 21.5% | 237 / 943 | |
| Skewb | 5.68 | 9.69 | top 23.4% | 374 / 1,346 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.37 | 8.61 | top 31.0% | 870 / 2,661 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.87 | 3:00.27 | top 31.3% | 123 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.16 | 32.94 | top 44.8% | 1,290 / 2,491 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 168 / 278 |
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
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Baguio City Open 2023.
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019.
- 28 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at PSC Open 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at ValenZheng Cube Open 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Marikina City Open 2018.
- 20 Jan 2018First competition: Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018. A 15.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 50 Years of Cubing in the Philippines 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Valenzuela Cubing Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- San Jose del Monte Cube Open II 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Caloocan Year-End Blast 2023 · 29 Dec 2023
- Big Time Manila 2023 · 22 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023 · 20 Aug 2023
- Baguio City Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Cavite Speedcubing Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Parity at Charis 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2019 · 27 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Valenzuela Cube Classic 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2018 · 28 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- PSC Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fairview Cube Day 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- ValenZheng Cube Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Antipolo City Cube Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Marikina City Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 20 Jan 2018
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 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Karl Matthew Angeles — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.