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Richard Jay S. Apagar

3×3 · top 0.34% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010APAG01

Richard Jay S. Apagar has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.71, set at Berkeley Winter 2018, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in the Philippines. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 67 competitions since April 2010, he has put 2,646 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.46 in April 2010 to 5.71, a 58% improvement. Richard has entered 67 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.34% of 284,439 all-time
5.71
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2018
2,646
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.717.33
top 0.34%29 / 6,270
2×21.193.25
top 1.0%20 / 4,257
4×426.8030.81
top 1.3%29 / 2,135
5×552.4158.39
top 2.5%25 / 928
3×3 one-handed11.5915.53
top 2.5%50 / 2,440
Megaminx44.1648.67
top 2.8%22 / 690
Pyraminx2.805.16
top 3.0%62 / 2,621
6×61:55.231:58.25
top 9.2%37 / 298
7×73:17.313:22.39
top 15.5%51 / 275
Skewb18.2026.14
top 86.5%1,224 / 1,320

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

Bulacan Open 2010: 13.46Cubing sa Tag-Init 2010: 11.84Philippines Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 10.11Asian Championship 2010: 10.78GRCC Valenzuela Summer 2011: 10.81Robinsons Metro East Open 2011: 8.65Robinsons Galleria Open 2011: 9.27Trinoma Open 2011: 8.84Philippine Open 2011: 9.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 9.05Fiesta Open 2012: 8.72Bayani 2012: 7.53Asian Championship 2012: 8.30Urdaneta City Open 2012: 9.03San Pablo City Open 2013: 7.77Marikina City Open 2013: 8.18SNES Open 2013: 7.56Cubao Open 2013: 7.47Vicente Taaca Memorial School Open 2013: 7.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 6.84Berkeley Summer 2013: 7.78Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 7.46Berkeley Fall 2013: 8.13Berkeley Winter 2014: 7.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 7.74Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 8.06Berkeley Spring 2014: 7.43Berkeley Summer 2014: 7.13BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 7.61Berkeley Fall 2014: 6.96BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 7.12Berkeley Spring 2015: 6.50Berkeley Summer 2015: 6.90Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 7.59Berkeley Fall 2015: 7.46Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 8.02Berkeley Summer 2016: 7.07Armin Open 2017: 7.49Berkeley Spring 2017: 7.16Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 6.35Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017: 6.776.25 Bay Area 2017: 6.76San Ramon 2017: 7.18Berkeley Summer 2017: 5.95San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 5.75San Ramon Cubed 2017: 6.50Berkeley Winter 2018: 5.71Berkeley Summer 2018: 6.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 6.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 6.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 6.54SacCubing IX 2020: 5.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 6.80SacCubing XIII 2023: 7.10Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 6.70Berkeley Spring 2024: 6.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 7.54SacCubing XVII 2024: 6.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 6.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.16Benicia Open 2025: 6.88SacCubing XXI 2025: 6.85Reno Mini Fall 2025: 7.67Berkeley October Weekday 2025: 7.03Dublin California Open 2025: 6.60Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 6.455.7113.4610 Apr 201013 Dec 2025

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.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 131 times
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 203 rounds, finished ahead 127 times
  • Riley Woo — met in 179 rounds, finished ahead 153 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.