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Yuan Matalog

3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020MATA01

Yuan Matalog has been competing for 7 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in the Philippines. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since March 2020, he has put 904 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 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 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time
6.97
signature single · Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026
904
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×36.977.93
top 1.3%119 / 6,429
2×21.973.13
top 4.6%151 / 4,353
3×3 one-handed13.3619.85
top 5.0%114 / 2,491
4×433.6036.06
top 5.5%134 / 2,174
Pyraminx4.058.24
top 8.0%205 / 2,661
Megaminx59.541:02.73
top 9.8%73 / 700
Skewb4.467.12
top 14.2%213 / 1,346
5×51:17.971:26.62
top 17.7%187 / 943
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves48.67
top 41.0%71 / 191

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

Cube Ala-Eh V 2020: 10.78South Luzon Championship 2022: 7.85Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.97South Luzon Championship 2023: 9.66Cavite Speedcubing Open V 2023: 8.09Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023: 7.89Luzon Championship 2024: 8.00South Luzon Championship 2024: 7.73Makati Speedcubing Open 2024: 7.69Cavite Speedcubing Open X 2024: 7.60Cube Ala-Eh VI 2025: 7.37Ateneo Pi Day Plus 1 2025: 7.40Makati Speedcubing Open II 2025: 7.83SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 7.56Philippine Championship 2025: 7.64Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025: 8.14QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 7.74GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025: 7.47Marikina City ReMINX II 2025: 7.90Luzon Championship 2026: 8.24GANCUBE Puzzles in Pi Day Pampanga 2026: 7.35GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026: 7.83Calamba Speedcubing Open 2026: 6.97MnM Cube Cup Malolos 2026: 7.36MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026: 7.91Learn How To Cube in Laguna 2026: 7.306.9710.787 Mar 202026 Sep 2026

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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.