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Nathaniel Villanueva
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023VILL18
Nathaniel Villanueva has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Quezon City Open II 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2023, he has put 350 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.10 in April 2023 to 7.18, a 29% improvement. Nathaniel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.18 | 9.27 | top 1.5% | 136 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.56 | 19.28 | top 7.2% | 162 / 2,440 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 5.48 | top 20.0% | 929 / 4,257 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 8.18 | top 21.0% | 551 / 2,621 | |
| 4×4 | 58.06 | 1:03.78 | top 34.4% | 916 / 2,135 | |
| Clock | 12.88 | 16.91 | top 39.1% | 247 / 534 | |
| Square-1 | 45.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 275 / 374 |
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
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cainta Cubing Mania 2024.
- 5 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Marikina City ReMINX 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Algorithms in Antipolo 2023.
- 4 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at WCC Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 4 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at WCC Speedcubing Open 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023First competition: Metro Speedcubing Open 2023. A 11.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cainta Puzzle Fest 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms in Antipolo II 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Minx It Up in Pasig 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Quezon City Open II 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pasig Summer Sides 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Katipunan One Big F2L 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cainta Cubing Mania 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Marikina City ReMINX 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Algorithms in Antipolo 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- WCC Speedcubing Open 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Metro Speedcubing Open 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Zian Principe — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Zoei Principe — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.