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Rafael Daniella Gabinete

Square-1 · top 8.5% of 25,662 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GABI01

Rafael Daniella Gabinete has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.24, set at Dobbs Ferry Triple-Double 2026, puts her in the top 8.5% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in the Philippines. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2022, she has put 555 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in September 2022 to 10.90, a 27% improvement. Rafael has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 8.5% of 25,662 all-time
11.24
signature single · Dobbs Ferry Triple-Double 2026
555
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Square-111.2413.36
top 8.5%39 / 382
3×310.9012.52
top 10.2%1,116 / 6,429
4×445.0651.86
top 18.4%469 / 2,174
2×23.614.95
top 21.6%1,039 / 4,353
Clock9.7014.21
top 23.5%154 / 543
3×3 blindfolded1:36.89—
top 25.5%75 / 280
3×3 one-handed23.0427.75
top 28.9%789 / 2,491
Skewb7.0610.91
top 34.2%540 / 1,346
5×51:46.372:03.96
top 40.3%471 / 943
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 56:16—
early days — 3 solves26 / 73
Pyraminx8.9512.56
top 44.4%1,303 / 2,661
Megaminx2:21.68—
top 57.4%438 / 700
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
top 71.6%138 / 191
6×64:35.65—
early days — 2 solves250 / 303
7×78:50.27—
early days — 2 solves272 / 278

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

Princeton Fall 2022: 15.03New York Yopen 2022: 13.07PBs in Palisades 2023: 13.07Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024: 10.90La La Land 2024: 15.85Flushing Open PM 2024: 12.99Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 11.85Flushing Glow Open AM 2025: 12.60NYU Spring 2025: 11.32American Dream NJ 2025: 12.33Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.86CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 11.54Flushing Glow Autumn PM 2025: 12.21No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 10.95Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.66Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026: 14.2310.9015.8524 Sep 202218 Jul 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as she improves.