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Zander Verona

2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017VERO01

Zander Verona has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Philippine Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2017, he has put 243 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.24 in September 2017 to 11.61, a 33% improvement. Zander has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.27
signature single · Philippine Championship 2025
243
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
2×22.275.31
top 6.8%249 / 4,257
Pyraminx4.256.09
top 8.9%225 / 2,621
4×440.0946.05
top 12.2%301 / 2,135
3×311.6112.46
top 12.5%1,335 / 6,270
5×51:24.011:30.38
top 22.4%243 / 928
3×3 blindfolded1:32.731:55.65
top 24.1%71 / 274
Skewb5.948.19
top 25.3%396 / 1,320
3×3 one-handed23.5627.78
top 30.3%818 / 2,440
Clock13.0216.74
top 39.7%252 / 534
Megaminx1:51.75—
top 41.3%318 / 690
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 42:53—
early days — 2 solves30 / 72
6×63:54.38—
early days — 1 solve214 / 298
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
top 76.8%151 / 189
7×77:47.16—
early days — 1 solve250 / 275
Square-11:16.85—
early days — 2 solves342 / 374

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

Philippine Championship 2017: 17.24Marikina City Open 2018: 16.05Antipolo City Cube Open 2018: 15.24Philippine Championship 2018: 13.45Metro Speedcubing Open 2023: 12.64Caloocan Cube Fest 2023: 12.17MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 12.83Caloocan Cube Craze 2024: 12.07Ateneo Pi Day Plus 1 2025: 12.21BiNxNdo 2025: 11.61SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 14.56Philippine Championship 2025: 13.1911.6117.2415 Sep 201719 Jun 2025

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.