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Raphael Christian Garcia

2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016GARC10

Raphael Christian Garcia has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Speedcubing Year End 2016, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2016, he has put 355 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.38 in April 2016 to 11.25, a 27% improvement. Raphael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.25
signature single · Speedcubing Year End 2016
355
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
2×22.254.01
top 6.6%241 / 4,257
3×311.2513.71
top 11.3%1,209 / 6,270
4×448.8756.09
top 23.3%604 / 2,135
Skewb5.788.32
top 24.1%378 / 1,320
5×51:29.511:36.41
top 26.8%306 / 928
3×3 one-handed23.2328.38
top 29.4%784 / 2,440
Square-120.7142.17
top 29.6%126 / 374
7×74:09.364:26.73
top 34.1%110 / 275
Pyraminx7.7711.65
top 34.3%993 / 2,621
6×62:57.563:16.10
top 39.9%145 / 298
Megaminx1:49.352:17.80
top 40.0%307 / 690
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 1 solve151 / 189
Clock58.31
early days — 3 solves528 / 534

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

Cebu Masters 2016: 15.38Cebu Open 2016: 12.97Visayas Championship 2016: 13.48Philippine Championship 2016: 12.13Speedcubing Year End 2016: 11.25Cebu Open 2017: 12.20Visayas Championship 2017: 11.2511.2515.389 Apr 20162 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.