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Michael Jendrick V. Solera
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SOLE03
Michael Jendrick V. Solera has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Pinoy Side Events Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in the Philippines. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, he has put 195 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in May 2025 to 10.75, a 41% improvement. Michael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.53 | 7.03 | top 2.3% | 48 / 2,621 | |
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 12.10 | top 9.7% | 1,047 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.24 | top 11.3% | 463 / 4,257 | |
| Clock | 7.85 | 11.29 | top 14.5% | 88 / 534 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 9.74 | top 16.8% | 250 / 1,320 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.37 | 27.54 | top 24.2% | 625 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 57.41 | 1:01.17 | top 33.6% | 899 / 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
- 28 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Pinoy Side Events Open 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025.
- 7 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.41 at Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025.
- 24 May 2025First competition: Learn How to Cube in Antipolo 2025. A 18.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pinoy Side Events Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open VI 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Learn How to Cube in Antipolo 2025 · 24 May 2025
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 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Javier Ignacio — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.