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Lorenzo T. Ubongen

3×3 one-handed · top 3.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017UBON01

Lorenzo T. Ubongen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.43, set at Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in the Philippines. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2017, he has put 646 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.95 in January 2018 to 8.52, a 39% improvement. Lorenzo has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 3.6% of 73,695 all-time
12.43
signature single · Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023
646
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×3 one-handed12.4314.49
top 3.6%75 / 2,440
3×38.5210.27
top 3.8%368 / 6,270
4×435.5442.40
top 7.2%166 / 2,135
5×51:07.411:17.28
top 9.9%110 / 928
Megaminx1:00.501:09.31
top 10.3%77 / 690
2×22.743.76
top 11.4%470 / 4,257
Clock7.649.26
top 13.5%84 / 534
Skewb5.066.97
top 18.6%283 / 1,320
6×62:34.862:46.53
top 28.2%107 / 298
7×74:11.124:24.17
top 34.7%112 / 275
Pyraminx7.999.09
top 36.1%1,051 / 2,621
Square-126.6338.64
top 42.7%179 / 374
3×3 blindfolded3:00.02—
early days — 1 solve157 / 274
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves—
early days — 2 solves167 / 189

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

Cube Ala-Eh III 2018: 13.95Lucena Speedcubing Open 2018: 13.43Philippine Championship 2018: 12.42Cube Ala-Eh IV 2019: 11.38Luzon Championship 2019: 12.46South Luzon Open 2019: 10.73Cube Ala-Eh V 2020: 10.63South Luzon Championship 2022: 10.55Laguna Speedcubing Open 2023: 9.84Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 9.45Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023: 10.33Cavite Big Cubes Open 2023: 11.32Imus Speedcubing Open 2024: 9.39Laguna Speedcubing Open III 2024: 9.74Laguna Speedcubing Open IV 2024: 8.64Laguna Speedcubing Open V 2024: 10.05San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2024: 10.13Las Piñas Speedcubing Open 2024: 9.30Laguna Speedcubing Open VI 2024: 8.52Makati Speedcubing Open III 2025: 9.548.5213.9514 Jan 20186 Jul 2025

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.