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Rafael Gian Santiago

Skewb · top 5.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017SANT16

Rafael Gian Santiago has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.15, set at Philippine Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in the Philippines. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, he has put 100 official solves on the record across four events. Rafael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.15
signature single · Philippine Championship 2017
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Skewb3.156.47
top 5.7%90 / 1,320
2×22.594.18
top 9.8%389 / 4,257
Pyraminx4.635.91
top 11.0%287 / 2,621
3×312.1913.53
top 14.6%1,551 / 6,270

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 II 2017: 2.59Philippine Championship 2017: 2.94Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 3.362.593.3619 May 20177 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.