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Niño Joseph Aquino

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016AQUI04

Niño Joseph Aquino has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 691st in the Philippines. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.49 in May 2016 to 9.73, a 55% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.73
signature single · Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.7313.29
top 6.7%691 / 6,270
Pyraminx4.896.07
top 12.5%333 / 2,621
Skewb5.547.52
top 22.3%350 / 1,320
4×455.8858.18
top 31.8%862 / 2,135
2×24.455.16
top 32.3%1,596 / 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

Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 21.49Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 11.55Philippine Championship 2017: 11.51Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 9.739.7321.4928 May 20167 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.