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Rafael Romulo Lopez
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022LOPE10
Rafael Romulo Lopez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.01, set at Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 263rd in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2022, he has put 144 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in September 2022 to 8.01, a 61% improvement. Rafael has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.01 | 10.98 | top 2.8% | 263 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 3.81 | top 13.4% | 576 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.45 | 35.54 | top 50.0% | 1,395 / 2,440 | |
| Skewb | 9.55 | 11.78 | top 52.1% | 823 / 1,320 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.24 | 17.40 | top 62.2% | 1,829 / 2,621 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.01 at Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.56 at UoSM Cube Day 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at UoSM Cube Day 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.48 at South Luzon Championship 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022.
Competitions
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Mini 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Day 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Mini 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Aiden Lim Tze Choon — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nigel Phang — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Neo Jun Yi — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.