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Lyron Joshua De Castro
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024CAST99
Lyron Joshua De Castro has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.93, set at South Luzon Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in the Philippines. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2024, he has put 287 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.19 in November 2024 to 6.93, a 38% improvement. Lyron has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 6.93 | 9.75 | top 1.3% | 114 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 32.41 | 35.75 | top 4.5% | 101 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.43 | 1:13.79 | top 8.0% | 86 / 928 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.90 | top 8.5% | 324 / 4,257 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.95 | 10.05 | top 19.6% | 517 / 2,621 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.55 | 2:42.57 | top 20.2% | 77 / 298 | |
| 7×7 | 3:53.72 | 4:05.65 | top 28.4% | 93 / 275 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 535 / 690 | |
| Skewb | 20.15 | 23.29 | top 89.8% | 1,255 / 1,320 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Seven personal bests in one day at South Luzon Championship 2025.
- 3 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 3 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First competition: Canadian Prairie Championship 2024. A 11.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer A 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- South Luzon Championship 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Griffin Clem — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.