People · Philippines
Neo Cuares
3×3 one-handed · top 0.031% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CUAR03
Neo Cuares has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 6.50, set at Berkeley November Weekday 2025, puts him in the top 0.031% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in the Philippines. Until August 2022, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2023, he has put 497 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 5.58 in September 2023 to 4.45, a 20% improvement. Neo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 one-handed | 6.50 | 8.57 | top 0.031% | 3 / 2,440 | |
| 3×3 | 4.45 | 5.70 | top 0.043% | 6 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 20.52 | 23.25 | top 0.076% | 2 / 2,135 | |
| Megaminx | 28.39 | 36.03 | top 0.12% | 1 / 690 | |
| 5×5 | 40.89 | 45.73 | top 0.22% | 2 / 928 | |
| 2×2 | 0.83 | 1.90 | top 0.27% | 5 / 4,257 | |
| 6×6 | 1:33.45 | 1:39.83 | top 2.5% | 9 / 298 | |
| 7×7 | 2:23.14 | 2:25.60 | top 2.7% | 8 / 275 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 189 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 51.59 | 1:53.87 | top 10.5% | 32 / 274 |
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
- 2 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cool Down Berkeley 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Central Visayas Championship 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cebu Big Cubes 2025.
- 11 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cebu Summer Open 2024.
- 8 Sep 2023First competition: Visayas Championship 2023. A 5.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley November Weekday 2025 · 14 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley October Weekday 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Central Visayas Championship 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cebu Big Cubes 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fast Turns Only in Cebu 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cebu Cube Preview 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cebu Summer Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Visayas Championship 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Brian Acuña — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Leo Borromeo — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 20 times · head to head
- Kirby Jay Caragan — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.