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Rafael Calvin Cerdan

3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CERD01

Rafael Calvin Cerdan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.45, set at Salgado Open 2016, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 942nd in the Philippines. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2015, he has put 141 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.66 in April 2015 to 10.45, a 59% improvement. Rafael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.45
signature single · Salgado Open 2016
141
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.4512.89
top 8.8%942 / 6,270
Pyraminx6.8113.26
top 26.3%718 / 2,621
4×454.891:11.94
top 30.6%826 / 2,135
2×24.385.92
top 31.4%1,541 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed25.4132.94
top 35.3%974 / 2,440
Skewb7.6412.39
top 38.6%606 / 1,320
Square-134.8050.56
top 58.1%223 / 374
5×52:26.722:38.25
top 64.3%691 / 928

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

Hari ng Norte King of the North 2015: 25.66Urdaneta City Rubik's Cube Tournament 2015: 16.03Baguio City Open 2015: 11.62Northern Luzon Open 2015: 11.91Salgado Open 2016: 10.45NLC 4th Anniversary Special 2016: 12.28Baguio City Open 2016: 11.4710.4525.6612 Apr 201530 Oct 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.