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Stephen Mathew Buencuchillo

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018BUEN03

Stephen Mathew Buencuchillo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.92, set at Negros Speedcubing Re-Open 2022, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 245th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 222 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.17 in May 2018 to 7.92, a 56% improvement. Stephen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.92
signature single · Negros Speedcubing Re-Open 2022
222
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×37.929.93
top 2.6%245 / 6,270
2×22.944.55
top 13.6%583 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed18.1325.46
top 15.4%380 / 2,440
4×451.201:01.00
top 26.2%704 / 2,135
Pyraminx16.1620.50
top 85.5%2,404 / 2,621

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

Bacolod Cubing Quest 2018: 18.17Negros Speedcubing Open III 2018: 13.41Iloilo Speedcubing Open II 2018: 11.21Negros Speedcubing Open 2019: 10.57Negros Speedcubing Re-Open 2022: 7.92Even Day in Bacolod 2022: 8.52Bacolod Speedcubing Rush 2023: 8.36West Visayas Championship 2023: 7.95Masskara Speedcubing Cup 2023: 8.657.9218.1729 May 201815 Oct 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.