People · Philippines
Marc Joseph M. Gabia
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020GABI01
Marc Joseph M. Gabia has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at South Luzon Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2020, he has put 210 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in March 2020 to 7.80, a 30% improvement. Marc has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.80 | 9.29 | top 2.4% | 216 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.25 | 16.87 | top 4.8% | 109 / 2,440 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.10 | top 14.7% | 641 / 4,257 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.43 | top 17.1% | 256 / 1,320 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 60 / 189 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.26 | 22.81 | top 62.4% | 1,832 / 2,621 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.58 | — | top 66.9% | 1,644 / 2,135 |
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
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at South Luzon Championship 2025.
- 9 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.21 at Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025.
- 7 Mar 2020First competition: Cube Ala-Eh V 2020. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Luzon Championship 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XII 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Ala-Eh V 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
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 38 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Francis Yuel B. Merced — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ian Padua — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.