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Sid Elijah E. Ortega
3×3 · top 7.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ORTE04
Sid Elijah E. Ortega has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 805th in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2023, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.76 in February 2023 to 10.05, a 59% improvement. Sid has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.05 | 11.79 | top 7.6% | 805 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.61 | top 7.7% | 298 / 4,353 |
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
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at Cainta Cubing Mania 2024.
- 25 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.61 at Algorithms in Antipolo 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First competition: Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023. A 24.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Clocked in Quezon City 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cainta Cubing Mania 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Algorithms in Antipolo 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vista Verde Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ivan Keith Cariaga — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.