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Roland Ababat

2×2 · top 0.66% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ABAB01

Roland Ababat has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.05, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 278th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since January 2023, he has put 2,560 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in January 2023 to 6.32, a 50% improvement. Roland has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.66% of 189,179 all-time
1.05
signature single · Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025
2,560
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.052.99
top 0.66%278 / 41,674
3×36.328.66
top 0.71%471 / 60,666
Pyraminx1.922.63
top 1.0%288 / 29,168
Clock3.283.63
top 1.2%114 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed12.6116.12
top 3.9%575 / 15,900
Skewb2.793.83
top 4.0%638 / 19,164
4×432.1237.17
top 4.3%694 / 19,354
Megaminx52.2456.83
top 6.2%450 / 8,026
Square-110.3420.08
top 6.7%499 / 6,846
5×51:07.591:17.19
top 10.1%799 / 9,537
6×62:10.782:31.14
top 15.8%571 / 4,262
7×73:47.734:05.50
top 26.3%749 / 3,236
3×3 blindfolded1:52.45—
top 30.8%647 / 2,128
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,265 / 2,059
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 28:30—
early days — 2 solves575 / 740

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

Music City Speedsolving 2023: 12.69Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 11.94Bluegrass Bash 2023: 11.50Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 11.37Country Roads Huntington 2023: 11.67The Blantucky Derby 2023: 10.71MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 11.93Big E Slice 2023: 11.14Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 10.94Cubing by the Kings 2023: 12.41Somerset September 2023: 10.17Back To The Ville 2023: 10.30Across the Woods Kentucky A 2023: 9.17Megamania in Louisville 2024: 9.28TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 9.49Little Giant Open 2024: 9.12Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 8.51Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 9.32Minxville Indiana 2024: 8.43Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024: 10.06CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 8.20Don't Pop Preble 2024: 8.26Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 8.83Return of the Ville KY 2025: 9.37Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 6.92Racing Kane 2025: 9.95Oldham County Spring 2025: 8.83Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 8.53Preble Spring 2025: 10.04Fun in Muncie 2025: 6.32Cincinnati Open 2025: 8.20Hancock County Summer 2025: 7.83Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 8.21Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 8.04Oldham County Fall 2025: 6.82Ohio Championship 2025: 8.75Lexington Winter 2025: 8.00Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 7.47Vanderbilt Winter 2026: 8.33Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 7.68Brown County Blitz 2026: 7.85National Trail Open OH 2026: 7.93Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 9.07Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026: 8.37Oldham County Summer 2026: 7.82Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 8.88Flex in Lex 2026: 8.326.3212.6921 Jan 202317 Oct 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.