People · Philippines
Yuan Matalog
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020MATA01
Yuan Matalog has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in the Philippines. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2020, he has put 865 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.78 in March 2020 to 6.97, a 35% improvement. Yuan 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.97 | 7.93 | top 1.3% | 116 / 6,270 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 3.13 | top 4.5% | 148 / 4,257 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.36 | 19.85 | top 5.0% | 111 / 2,440 | |
| 4×4 | 33.60 | 36.06 | top 5.5% | 130 / 2,135 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 8.25 | top 7.9% | 201 / 2,621 | |
| Megaminx | 59.54 | 1:02.73 | top 9.8% | 73 / 690 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 7.12 | top 14.2% | 212 / 1,320 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.97 | 1:26.62 | top 17.5% | 183 / 928 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 48.67 | top 40.9% | 71 / 189 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Luzon Championship 2026.
- 19 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2025.
- 9 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at South Luzon Championship 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at South Luzon Championship 2022.
- 7 Mar 2020First competition: Cube Ala-Eh V 2020. A 10.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026 · 16 Aug 2026
- MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GANCUBE Puzzles in Pi Day Pampanga 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Luzon Championship 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Marikina City ReMINX II 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QC Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2025 · 19 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ateneo Pi Day Plus 1 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open X 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luzon Championship 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Luzon Championship 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Ala-Eh V 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
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 165 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
- Juan Miguel Y. Magallanes — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.