Competitions · Philippines

Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016

Quezon City, Metro Manila · 18 December 2016 · 8 events · 118 competitors · 131 personal bests

Jay Benedict Alfaras won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Durben Joun Virtucio by 0.23 seconds. 118 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richmond Mico Rigor set the 5×5 single national record: 1:00.51.

Two wins

Jay Benedict Alfaras — 3×3, 4×4

0.23s

closest final — 5×5, Durben Joun Virtucio over Richmond Mico Rigor

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jay Benedict Alfaras	7.82	9.50
4×4	Jay Benedict Alfaras	34.27	37.82
5×5	Durben Joun Virtucio	1:05.86	1:11.27
6×6	Stephen Christopher Suba	1:58.65	2:10.22
7×7	Stephen Christopher Suba	2:50.32	2:53.63
Clock	Robbie Villarica	6.33	7.20
Megaminx	Rusty Louis Domingo	53.41	57.94
Pyraminx	Psyron Eubert Catral	3.84	4.58

The PB harvest

131 set · 28 still standing

Durben Joun Virtucio — 3×3 single 8.34: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Stephen Christopher Suba — 7×7 single 2:50.32: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Lemuel Generoso — Pyraminx single 4.08: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Ardie Junio — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Krizia Mile Joy Yu — Pyraminx single 4.47: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀) — Pyraminx single 5.19: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Paulo Tariga — 3×3 single 12.24: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Raphael Felix — 4×4 single 45.34: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 389 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

118 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.