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Nelson Loyola

3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012LOYO01

Nelson Loyola has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Art Capital Open 2013, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 935th in the Philippines. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2012, he has put 200 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in August 2012 to 10.43, a 30% improvement. Nelson has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.43
signature single · Art Capital Open 2013
200
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.4313.74
top 8.7%935 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed17.1821.08
top 13.0%321 / 2,440
4×440.8345.97
top 13.1%318 / 2,135
5×51:34.561:50.15
top 31.1%358 / 928
2×25.346.25
top 43.5%2,194 / 4,257

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

Bayani 2012: 14.96Marikina City Open 2013: 13.03SNES Open 2013: 10.44Cubao Open 2013: 12.52Art Capital Open 2013: 10.43Shoe Capital Open 2014: 11.65Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 10.69Fairview Cube Day 2018: 12.5310.4314.9627 Aug 201224 Jun 2018

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 0.43 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.