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Mervin Villaceran

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015VILL14

Mervin Villaceran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Cebu Masters 2016, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 948th in the Philippines. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2015, he has put 261 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.27 in November 2015 to 10.47, a 15% improvement. Mervin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Cebu Masters 2016
261
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.4712.40
top 8.9%948 / 6,270
2×22.774.73
top 11.7%489 / 4,257
4×440.0844.61
top 12.2%300 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed19.3324.24
top 18.7%462 / 2,440
5×51:23.761:30.71
top 22.2%241 / 928
3×3 blindfolded1:43.402:24.62
top 27.9%79 / 274
Skewb7.7015.11
top 39.0%614 / 1,320
6×63:26.843:56.59
early days — 3 solves190 / 298
7×75:13.725:31.78
early days — 3 solves171 / 275
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 1 solve119 / 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

Cebu Open 2015: 12.27Cebu Masters 2016: 10.47Cebu Open 2016: 11.58Visayas Championship 2016: 11.70Speedcubing Year End 2016: 11.70Cebu Open 2017: 11.89Cebu Comeback Open 2022: 11.5610.4712.276 Nov 201525 Jun 2022

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.