Fastest Pinoy SpeedCuber is an Iliganon

James Benedict “JB” Cañares, a Management Accounting student of USC is the current Philippine record holder for standard speedcubing in just 10.68 seconds! He's a certified BisDak (something we should be proud of) from his hometown Iligan and one of the two Philippine delegates for World Cube Association. The record breaking event was held on April 19, 2008 at the University of San Carlos - Main Campus, Cebu. He just actually broke his own record of 14 seconds. Talents from Iligan are surprisingly great! I remember my schoolmate who was once a Philippine Representative in World Cyber Games in Korea.

Personally, I'm not fond of this speedcubing even though it's a prevailing trend in our school. I just observed my friends and watched them how to solved it. It's quite tricky but then if I have just the time, patience, interest and extra amount of determination like JB, I know I can do it or anyone can. You don't have to be a Math Whiz, as JB said in an interview in which I agree.

JB Cañares

Now, watch closely how he managed to solve the rubik's cube in less than a minute.



JB solving with one hand only...



You can visit his online profile in Youtube or you can read his interview at USC website.

The current world record for single time on a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube was set by Erik Akkersdijk in 2008, who had a best time of 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open 2008. He also holds the record for 4x4x4 cube. The videos below prove those feats.

3x3x3 (Standard Rubik's Cube)


4x4x4 cube