People · Philippines
Linus Kenneth Carreon Watan
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018WATA01
Linus Kenneth Carreon Watan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at QC Speedcubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 208 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.23 in January 2018 to 9.62, a 27% improvement. Linus has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.06 | 3.91 | top 5.2% | 174 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 11.01 | top 6.4% | 645 / 6,270 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.94 | 7.00 | top 7.4% | 179 / 2,621 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.16 | 33.92 | top 26.5% | 706 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 52.58 | 1:00.07 | top 27.9% | 753 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 4:11.26 | 4:24.39 | top 93.0% | 878 / 928 |
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
- 2 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023.
- 21 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022.
- 20 Jan 2018First competition: Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018. A 13.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MnM Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- D Turns in Dagupan 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- ValenZheng Cube Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests 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 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Karl Matthew Angeles — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.