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Simon Jude Tirona
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016TIRO01
Simon Jude Tirona has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 977th in the Philippines. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2016, he has put 257 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.06 in July 2016 to 10.47, a 72% improvement. Simon has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.47 | 13.19 | top 8.9% | 977 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 5.21 | top 11.1% | 460 / 4,353 | |
| 4×4 | 46.26 | 53.38 | top 19.9% | 506 / 2,174 | |
| Skewb | 5.60 | 8.73 | top 22.8% | 364 / 1,346 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.94 | 9.26 | top 35.7% | 1,047 / 2,661 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.16 | 34.57 | top 39.9% | 1,149 / 2,491 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.73 | 2:20.49 | top 53.6% | 595 / 943 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025.
- 11 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at MnM Cube Cup 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at MnM Cube Cup 2024.
- 16 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Bataan Speedcubing Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Bataan Speedcubing Open 2018.
Competitions
- Cabalen Cubing Fest 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pampanga Speedcubing Open 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Elyu Cube Clash 2024 · 28 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pangasinan Puzzle Party 2024 · 25 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MnM Cube Cup 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Bataan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Baguio Speedcubing Weekend 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2016 · 4 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Baguio City Open 2016 · 30 Oct 2016
- Philippine Championship 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016 · 2 Jul 2016
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.
- Louie Jay Quibote — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.