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Van Ulrich Delos Santos
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025SANT72
Van Ulrich Delos Santos has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at GAN Twist & Turn in Pasig 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 355th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.79 in September 2025 to 8.48, a 13% improvement. Van has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.48 | 10.31 | top 3.7% | 355 / 6,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.46 | 19.27 | top 7.0% | 154 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 35.38 | 46.80 | top 7.1% | 164 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.26 | 1:27.92 | top 18.5% | 201 / 928 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.35 | top 19.1% | 876 / 4,257 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 215 / 690 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 9.04 | top 33.7% | 526 / 1,320 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.44 | 9.71 | top 40.0% | 1,155 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at GAN Twist & Turn in Pasig 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: QC Speedcubing Open 2025. A 9.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN Twist & Turn in Pasig 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- GANCUBE Pasig Speedcubing Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Azariah Danielle E. Cruz — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- James Certeza — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.