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Yestin John Epa

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017EPAY01

Yestin John Epa has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Davao Year End Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 695th in the Philippines. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2017, he has put 144 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in June 2017 to 9.74, a 29% improvement. Yestin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.74
signature single · Davao Year End Open 2017
144
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×39.7411.36
top 6.7%695 / 6,270
Pyraminx4.319.55
top 9.2%237 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed20.4121.88
top 21.6%555 / 2,440
2×24.104.70
top 27.8%1,324 / 4,257
4×453.371:03.02
top 28.8%781 / 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

Tagum City Open 2017: 13.81Mindanao Championships 2017: 12.77Davao del Sur Open 2017: 10.95Davao Year End Open 2017: 9.74Cuber's Cafe Open 2019: 10.809.7413.8124 Jun 201730 Nov 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.