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Rafael Judiel De Guzman

3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017GUZM06

Rafael Judiel De Guzman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.07, set at Philippine Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in the Philippines. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, he has put 97 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.63 in May 2017 to 9.07, a 28% improvement. Rafael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.07
signature single · Philippine Championship 2017
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.0712.08
top 5.0%495 / 6,270
Skewb3.946.23
top 10.5%155 / 1,320
4×443.9253.39
top 16.9%414 / 2,135
2×23.416.61
top 19.1%876 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed26.7729.71
top 38.8%1,092 / 2,440
Clock13.7115.65
top 42.6%270 / 534
Pyraminx10.2614.25
top 55.0%1,616 / 2,621
5×52:28.012:37.65
top 64.8%695 / 928
3×3 blindfolded4:14.04
early days — 1 solve203 / 274

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: 12.63Philippine Championship 2017: 9.07Baguio City Open 2017: 9.489.0712.6319 May 201729 Oct 2017

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 1.07 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.