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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.

3×3
best event — top 0.39% of 284,439 all-time
5.84
signature single · Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023
1,928
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.847.64
top 0.39%32 / 6,270
2×21.131.90
top 0.85%15 / 4,257
Skewb1.802.88
top 0.92%18 / 1,320
Square-16.377.49
top 1.0%3 / 374
4×426.2730.75
top 1.1%23 / 2,135
5×550.5654.74
top 1.9%19 / 928
Pyraminx2.393.58
top 1.9%39 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed11.6413.99
top 2.6%53 / 2,440
6×61:35.061:50.21
top 2.9%12 / 298
Megaminx50.9256.03
top 5.5%44 / 690
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves36.00
top 8.0%12 / 189
Clock8.6710.28
top 18.3%115 / 534
7×74:45.41
early days — 1 solve141 / 275
3×3 blindfolded4:38.62
early days — 1 solve216 / 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

Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016: 24.20Philippine Championship 2016: 26.18Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016: 24.30Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 16.06Philippine Championship 2017: 14.29Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2017: 11.74Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018: 8.54Marikina City Open 2018: 11.71Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 8.15PSC Open 2018: 11.17CaMaNaVa Open 2018: 8.93Philippine Championship 2018: 9.03Luisita Speedcubing Open 2018: 9.02Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019: 9.02Valenzuela Cube Classic 2019: 9.60Antipolo City Cube Open II 2019: 10.54San Jose Del Monte Cube Open 2019: 10.07Pangasinan SpeedCubing Open 3 2019: 9.08Luzon Championship 2019: 7.88Malabon City Cube Open 2019: 8.47South Luzon Open 2019: 7.70Philippine Championship 2019: 8.25Marikina City Open II 2019: 8.26Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2019: 7.86Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019: 8.69Parity at Charis 2020: 8.17Cube Ala-Eh V 2020: 8.42Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022: 7.24AlphaCubing A 2023: 7.62Westminster Squanners Spring 2023: 7.65Cavite Speedcubing Open VI 2023: 5.84Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2024: 7.42GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 7.42Cainta Puzzle Fest 2024: 7.00Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025: 6.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.62GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 6.86MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 6.76GAN Philippine Championship 2026: 6.80Cavite Side Events Open 2026: 7.115.8426.183 Sep 20161 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-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.