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Marcel Hinnbert B. Fernandez
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023FERN03
Marcel Hinnbert B. Fernandez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in the Philippines. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 58 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.65 in January 2023 to 8.87, a 17% improvement. Marcel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.87 | 10.06 | top 4.6% | 450 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 50.80 | 55.28 | top 25.7% | 692 / 2,135 | |
| 2×2 | 4.78 | 6.73 | top 36.5% | 1,839 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.19 | 29.26 | top 37.3% | 1,045 / 2,440 |
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 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Baguio City Open 2023. A 10.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Baguio City Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Gian Carlo C. Catambay — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Marc Arvinson J. Padilla — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xavier De Vera — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.