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Neil John Ortega

3×3 · top 36.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007ORTE01

Neil John Ortega has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.94, set at Diliman Open 2008, puts him in the top 36.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,672nd in the Philippines. Across 2 competitions since August 2007, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.56 in August 2007 to 18.94, a 23% improvement. Neil has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 36.9% of 284,439 all-time
18.94
signature single · Diliman Open 2008
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×318.9422.06
top 36.9%3,672 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed40.521:05.01
top 66.0%1,827 / 2,440
4×41:34.041:40.87
top 66.6%1,637 / 2,135
2×28.2510.32
top 69.4%3,496 / 4,257
Megaminx4:22.864:37.33
early days — 3 solves647 / 690

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

Philippines Open 2007: 24.56Diliman Open 2008: 18.9418.9424.5625 Aug 20075 Jan 2008

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.94 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.