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Skyeler Calaguas Valdez
Skewb · top 0.84% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024VALD02
Skyeler Calaguas Valdez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in the Philippines. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2024, he has put 664 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.59 in February 2024 to 8.67, a 44% improvement. Skyeler has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.76 | 5.80 | top 0.84% | 16 / 1,320 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.05 | top 3.1% | 84 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 9.75 | top 4.1% | 407 / 6,270 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 5.14 | top 6.5% | 154 / 2,621 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.16 | 18.67 | top 10.6% | 245 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.81 | 1:28.60 | top 56.6% | 1,427 / 2,135 |
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
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025.
- 5 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.97 at Philippine Championship 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024First competition: Cainta Cubing Mania 2024. A 15.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open VIII 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Makati Speedcubing Open VII 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Pinoy Side Events Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Makati Speedcubing Open VI 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Heroes Speedcubing 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Makati Speedcubing Open III 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2025 · 19 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pinoy Side Events Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quezon City Cubing Sides 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Baguio Speedcubing Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Bonifacio Global City Speedcubing Newcomer 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Turn 'N Solve Marikina 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms in Antipolo II 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A Twisty Day in Araneta 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Philippine Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cainta Cubing Mania 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
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 119 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- James Certeza — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.