Sean Patrick Villanueva is a Filipino speedcuber who is the reigning World Cube Association 3×3×3 one-handed world champion who won the title in Incheon, South Korea in August 2023 with an average time of 9.42 seconds. He holds the Asian Record at 8.64 seconds average, which he set at Santa Cruz, Laguna in 2024.[1]
Previously, he placed second in the World Cube Association World Championship 2019 3×3×3 event with an average time of 6.78 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds longer than that of Philipp Weyer who placed first.[2][3] This finish made Villanueva the youngest competitor to place in the top three of the main 3×3×3 event at 11 years old.[4] He first entered the world of speedcubing competition by placing 201st in the Philippine Championship 2017.[5][6]
On July 2nd 2023, he was the first cuber using the Roux method to get a single solve of 4.11s, which placed him in the global top 10[7]
Personal life
As of 2024, the 15-year old is currently a grade 10 student at the Ateneo de Manila University[1]
References
- ^ a b Ubaldo, JohnEd (January 28, 2024). "15 y/o Atenean sets Asian record for Rubik's one-handed solving". Tiebreaker Times.
- ^ "Sean Patrick Villanueva | World Cube Association".
- ^ Morales, Luisa (18 July 2019). "11-year-old Pinoy finishes second in World Cube Championship in Australia". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Ubaldo, John Edison (15 July 2019). "11-year-old Pinoy cubing whiz takes 2nd at World Championship". GMA News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Sean Patrick Villanueva | World Cube Association".
- ^ Ryan, Arcadio (24 July 2019). "Grade 6 student solves Rubik's cube in six seconds". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Sean Patrick Villanueva 4.11s reconstruction".
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