People · Philippines
Lorenzo Layug
3×3 · top 0.39% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016LAYU01
Lorenzo Layug has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.84, set at Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in the Philippines. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since September 2016, he has put 1,928 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.20 in September 2016 to 5.84, a 76% improvement. Lorenzo has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.84 | 7.64 | top 0.39% | 32 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 1.13 | 1.90 | top 0.85% | 15 / 4,257 | |
| Skewb | 1.80 | 2.88 | top 0.92% | 18 / 1,320 | |
| Square-1 | 6.37 | 7.49 | top 1.0% | 3 / 374 | |
| 4×4 | 26.27 | 30.75 | top 1.1% | 23 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 50.56 | 54.74 | top 1.9% | 19 / 928 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.39 | 3.58 | top 1.9% | 39 / 2,621 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.64 | 13.99 | top 2.6% | 53 / 2,440 | |
| 6×6 | 1:35.06 | 1:50.21 | top 2.9% | 12 / 298 | |
| Megaminx | 50.92 | 56.03 | top 5.5% | 44 / 690 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 36.00 | top 8.0% | 12 / 189 | |
| Clock | 8.67 | 10.28 | top 18.3% | 115 / 534 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 141 / 275 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:38.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 216 / 274 |
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
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Westminster Squanners Spring 2023.
- 21 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022.
- 27 Sep 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Luzon Championship 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at CaMaNaVa Open 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Diliman Cube Day 2018.
Competitions
- Cavite Side Events Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GAN Philippine Championship 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025 · 5 Jan 2025
- Cainta Puzzle Fest 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Westminster Squanners Spring 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AlphaCubing A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Ala-Eh V 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Parity at Charis 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Marikina City Open II 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2019 · 27 Sep 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- South Luzon Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Malabon City Cube Open 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Luzon Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Pangasinan SpeedCubing Open 3 2019 · 19 May 2019
- San Jose Del Monte Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Antipolo City Cube Open II 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Valenzuela Cube Classic 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Philippines 2018 · 29 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- No 3x3x3 Diliman 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Luisita Speedcubing Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fewest Moves Southeast Asia 2018 · 28 Oct 2018
- Philippine Championship 2018 · 28 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CaMaNaVa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- PSC Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Marikina City Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Diliman Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2017 · 15 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017 · 19 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016
- Philippine Championship 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016 · 3 Sep 2016
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 273 rounds, finished ahead 169 times
- Brenton Angelo Lo Wong — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 85 times
- Sean Patrick Villanueva — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.