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Niel John Bacaling

3×3 · top 48.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BACA01

Niel John Bacaling has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.32, set at Tagum City Open 2016, puts him in the top 48.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,511th in the Philippines. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 26 official solves on the record across three events. Niel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 48.7% of 284,439 all-time
23.32
signature single · Tagum City Open 2016
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×323.3227.65
top 48.7%4,511 / 6,270
Megaminx2:37.013:02.49
top 64.7%470 / 690
2×28.309.49
top 69.7%3,504 / 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

Tagum City Open 2016: 23.32Mindanao Championship 2016: 25.4623.3225.4625 Jun 201613 Aug 2016

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.32 away.
  • A sub-2:00 Megaminx single — 15,873 people have one; it is 37.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.